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59 Cards in this Set
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adulterate
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to corrupt
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expurgate, sully
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ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally
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versatile, facile
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augment
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to increase
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decrease
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bereft
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deprived of; made unhappy by loss
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bereaved
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deploy
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to position; to form up
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dour
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stern, gloomy
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saturine
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fortitude
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courage in facing difficulties
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gape
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to stare with mouth open
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Gibe
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to utter taunting words
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guise
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an external appearance
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insidious
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treacherous
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intimation
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a hint
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opulent
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wealthy
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pliable
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easily bent
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reiterate
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to say again
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restate
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tentative
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experimental in nature; uncertain
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unkempt
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messy, rude
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disheveled
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verbatim
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Word for word
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warily
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cautiously
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adroit
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skillful
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amicable
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peaceful
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averse
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Having deep seated distaste
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disinclined
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belligerent
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Given to fighting
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benevolent
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kindly
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benign
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cursory
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hasty
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perfunctory
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duplicity
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treachery
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fraud
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extol
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to praise extravagantly
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acclaim
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feasible
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possible
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grimace
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a wry face
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Holocaust
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a large scale destruction
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conflagration
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impervious
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Not affected or hurt by
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impenetrable
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impetus
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a moving force
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impulse
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jeopardy
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danger
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peril
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meticulous
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extremely careful
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fastidious
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nostalgia
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a longing for something
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quintessence
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The purest essence or form of something
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retrogress
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to move backward
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revert degenerate
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
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tepid
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lukewarm
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adversary
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an enemy
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rival
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alienate
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to turn away
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artifice
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a skillful or ingenious device
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coerce
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to compel, force
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constrain
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Craven
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cowardly
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culinary
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involved with food
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delete
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to erase
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demise
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a death
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exhilarate
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to enliven
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fallow
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plowed but not seeded, to plow but not seed
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harass
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to disturb
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inclement
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stormy, harsh
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Muse
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to think about in a dreamy way
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negligible
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so unimportant that it can be ignored
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perpetuate
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to make permenant
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precedent
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an example that may serve as imitation or later action
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punitive
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inflicting punishment
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redress
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to set right
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sojourn
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a temporary stay
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urbane
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refined in manner or style
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