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20 Cards in this Set
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absolve
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to pronounce clear of guilt or blame
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arbitrate
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to make a settlement between two parties
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augment
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to make greater in size
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calamity
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a disaster
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catharsis
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a purifying of the emotions
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conduit
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a pipe used for conveying fluids
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covert
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secret
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cull
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to pick out from others, to remove rejected members
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disgress
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to stray from the subject, to swerve off subject
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ebb
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a period of decline
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indignity
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humiliating to a persons pride
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inundate
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to flood or swamp
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lament
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to express grief for or about
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lavish
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extravagance
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penury
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extreme want or poverty
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pretentious
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showy
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prostrate
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to cause to lie flat
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supplant
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to displace and substitute for
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entreat
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to make an earnest request of, to ask for earnestly
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transgress
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to go beyond or over the law
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