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20 Cards in this Set
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Abscond
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to run off and hide, skip town
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Access
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approach or admittance to places entree
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Anarchy
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a lack of gov't and law, hard to do requiring much effort
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Arduous
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hard to do
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Auspicious
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favorable fortunate propitous
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Biased
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favoring one side unduly partial, bigoted
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Daunt
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to overcome with fear
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disentangle
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to free from tangles or complications
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fated
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determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick, put one over on
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inanimate
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not having life, inert
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incinerate
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to burn to ashes
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intrepid
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very brave
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larceny
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theft
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pliant
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bending readily, easily influenced
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pompous
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overly self- important in speech and manner, pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
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precipice
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a very steep cliff
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rectify
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to make right
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reprieve
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a temporary relif or delay
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revile
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to attack with words, inveigh, malign, vilify, denounce
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