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100 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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to caution or advise against
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Breach
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an opening, gap
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Brigand
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a bandit
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Circumspect
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careful, cautious
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Commandeer
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to sieze for military or offical use
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Cumbersome
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clumsy
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Deadlock
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a complete standstill
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Debris
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Scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely or widely
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Dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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Efface
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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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Muddle
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to makee a mess of
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Opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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Perennial
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lasting for a long time
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Predispose
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to incline to beforehand
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Relinquish
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to let go, give up
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Salvage
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to save from fire or shipwreck
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Spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief
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Spurious
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not genuine, not true, not valid
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Unbridled
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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Adjourn
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to stop proceedings for a time
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Alien
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a citizen of another country
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Comely
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having a pleasing appearance
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Compensate
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to make up for
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Dissolute
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loose in one's morals or behaivor
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Erratic
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not regular or consistent
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Explusion
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the process of driving or forcing out
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Feint
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a deliberately deceptive movement
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Fodder
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food for hourses or cattle
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Fortify
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to strengthen, build up
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Illegible
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difficult or impossible to read
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Jeer
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to make fun or rudely or unkindly
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Lucrative
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bringing in money, profitable
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Mediocre
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average, ordinary, undistinguished
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Proliferate
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to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
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Subjugate
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to conquer by force
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Sully
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to soil, stain tarnish
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Tantalize
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to tease, torment by teasing
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Terse
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brief and to the point
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Unflinching
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firm, showing no signs of fear
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Abridge
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to make shorter
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Adherent
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a follower, supporter
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Altercation
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an angry argument
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Cherubic
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resembling an angel
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Condone
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to pardon or overlook
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Dissent
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to disagree
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Eminent
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famous, outstanding
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Exorcise
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to drive out by magic
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Fabricate
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to make, manufacture
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Irate
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angry
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Marauder
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a raider, plunderer
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Obesity
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extreme fatness
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Pauper
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an extremely poor person
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Pilfer
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to steal in small quantities
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Rift
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a split, break, breach
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Semblance
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a likeness, an outward appearance
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Surmount
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to overcome, rise above
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Terminate
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to bring to an end
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Trite
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commonplace, overused, state
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Usurp
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to sieze and hold a position by force or without right
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Abscond
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to run off and hide
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Access
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approach or admittance to places
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Anarchy
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a lack of government and law, confusion
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Arduous
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hard to do, requiring much effort
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Auspcicious
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favorable, fortunate
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Biased
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favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
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Daunt
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to oversome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage
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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, deceive
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Inanimate
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not having life, withuot energy or spirit
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Incinerate
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to burn to ashes
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Intrepid
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very brave, fearless, unshakeable
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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 or manner, excessively stately or ceremonious
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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, correct
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Reprieve
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a temporary relief or delay
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Revile
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to attack with words
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Accomplice
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a person who takes part in a crime
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Annihilate
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to destroy completely
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Arbitrary
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unreasonable
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Brazen
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made of brass; smaeless, impudent
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Catalyst
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a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction
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Exodus
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a large-scale departure or flight
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Facilitate
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to make easier, assist
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Incorrigible
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not able to be corrected, beyond control
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Latent
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hidden, present but not realized
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Militant
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given to fighting, active and agressive
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Morose
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having a gloomy or sullen manner
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Opaque
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not letting light through
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Paramount
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chief in importance, above all others
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Prattle
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to talk in aimless, foolish, or simple way; baby talk
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Rebut
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to offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion, to refute
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Reprimand
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to scold, find fault with
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Servitude
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slavery, forced labor
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Slapdash
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careless and hasty
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Stagnant
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not running or flowing
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Succomb
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to give way to superior force, yield
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