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30 Cards in this Set
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expedient
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(n) something adopted to get a particular outcome
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Doleful
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(adj.)full of grief
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devise
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(n.) to invent or to plot
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Ruddy
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(adj.) reddish
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infamy
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(n.) evil fame
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rectify
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(v.) to fix or correct
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belied
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(v.) misrepresent; reveal to be false
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mundane
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(adj.) details of everyday life
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infernal
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(adj.) hellish
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preposterous
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(adj.) absurd
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bestow
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(v.)to place something somewhere..to present as a gift
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predestinate
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(v.) destined beforehand
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entreat
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(v.) to beg
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fetish
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(n.) weird fixation
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impiety
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(n.) a state of profanity or irreverence
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utopian
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(adj.) perfect world/society
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exquisite
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(adj.) pleasingly beautiful
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relinquish
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(v.) to give up
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defile
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(v.) to corrupt
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poignant
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(adj.)meaningful
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ruthless
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(adj.) having no pity;cruel
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repercussion
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(n.) effect of something said or done
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obliterate
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(v.) to wipe out
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Ostracize
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(v.) to ban from a group
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Endearment
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(n.) a term showing affection
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incarcerate
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(v.) imprison/confine
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clairvoyant
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(adj.)knowing something without useing the senses
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Parch
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(v.) toast under dry heat
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inane
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(adj.) shallow or silly
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verbatim
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(adj.) word for word
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