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70 Cards in this Set
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Disiccate
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(verb) to dry out completely
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Enrapture
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(verb) to give pleasure
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Fortuitous
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(adjective) occuring by accident or chance
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Grandiose
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(adjective) grand and impressive, flash and showy
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Guile
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(adjective) cunning, deceitfulness
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Marshall
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(verb) to assemble together for the purpose of doing something
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Photogenic
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(adjective) suitable or attractive for photography
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Relinquish
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(verb) to give up something
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Surfeit
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(adjective) overabundance
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Unbridled
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(adjective) violent, unrestrained
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Abyss
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(noun) bottomless pit
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Adjunct
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(noun) something connected to something else in a subordinate position
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Atypical
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(adjective) abnormal
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Bereave
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(verb) to be left alone to grieve
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Cajole
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(verb) to persuade someone to do something they dont want to do
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Emulate
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(verb) to attempt to equal or surpass through immitation
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Idiosyncrasy
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(noun) a behavioral quirk
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Loiter
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(verb) hang around
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Tyro
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(noun) beginner
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Yore
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(noun) former days
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Amplify
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(verb) to make something larger, louder, or more powerful
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Certify
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(verb) to conform formally
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Duduce
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(verb) to come to a conclusion by reasoning from the evidence
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Evoke
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(verb) to summon forth, call to mind
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Lexicon
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(noun) a set of words
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Lieu
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(noun) instead of, in place of
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Maim
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(verb) to disable or cripple
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Menagerie
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(noun) collection of live wild animals
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Partition
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(verb) the division of something into parts
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Permeate
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(verb) to flow or spread through
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Capacious
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(adjective) roomy, able to hold much
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Entomology
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(noun) study of insects
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Fickle
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(adjective) often changing for no reason
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Fleece
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(verb) to con someone
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Infamy
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(noun) having an evil reputation extreme disgrace
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Joust
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(verb) a combat with lances between 2 knights
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Nepotism
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(noun) favors shown by those in high positions to relatives and friends
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Ostracize
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(verb) to exclude from a group, shun
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Parry
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(verb) to ward off a blow
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Periphery
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(noun) the outermost within a boundary
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Abominate
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(verb) to hate
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Abridge
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(verb) to shorten or condense
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Emit
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(verb) to send or give out
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Engulf
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(verb) to surround or enclose completely
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Entomb
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(verb) to place in a grave
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Fester
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(verb) to generate pus
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Marauder
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(noun) raider
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Rivet
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(noun) something that fastens two parts together
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Rudimentary
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(adjective) basic, crude, undeveloped
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Umbrage
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(noun) sense of injury or insult
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Abominate
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(verb) to hate
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Abridge
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(verb) to shorten or condense
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Emit
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(verb) to send or give out
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Engulf
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(verb) to surround or enclose completely
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Entomb
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(verb) to place in a grave
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Fester
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(verb) to generate pus
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Marauder
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(noun) raider
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Rivet
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(noun) something that fastens two parts together
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Rudimentary
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(adjective) basic, crude, undeveloped
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Umbrage
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(noun) sense of injury or insult
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Altercation
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(noun) an argument
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Chide
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(verb) scold
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Dauntless
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(verb) to be fearless
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Debase
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(verb) to reduce in value
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Decree
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(noun) a formal and authoritive order
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Exhume
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(verb) to dig out of the earth
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Feign
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(verb) to represent fictitiosly
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Gamin
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(noun) a neglected boy left to run around in the street
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Laudable
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(adjective) deserving praise
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Spurn
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(verb) to reject with disdain
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