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39 Cards in this Set
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Thwarted
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To successfully opose
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Inauspicious
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Ill omened
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Engrossed
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To hold ones full attention
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Peruse
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To read through thoroughly
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Treachery
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Betrayal of trust
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Vexation
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To be vexing
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Intercede
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To enter on ones behalf
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Penury
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Extreme poverty
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Cordially
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Curteous
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Verbatim
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Word for word
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Duplicitous
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Duplicate
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Sovereign
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King or ruler
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Extant
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Existing
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Repartee
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Witty talk
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Circumlocution
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To talk around, beat around the bush
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Affront
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Offensive act or talk
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Blase
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Been there done that
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Cajole
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To persuade with flattery
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Choleric
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Easily irritated, short tempered
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Encumber
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Burden
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Feckless
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Futile, ineffective
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Impasse
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A situation with no escape
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Indolent
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Lazy
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Lugubrious
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Sad, gloomy
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Ribald
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Naughty humor
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Adulation
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Excessive devotion to someone
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Censure
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A severe criticism
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Enamored
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To be filled with love for
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Dissemble
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To lie
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Droll
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Odd, twisted humor
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Pusillanimous
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Wimpy
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Surfeit
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Excessive amount
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Capacious
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Roomy inside
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Diurnal
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Comes out during the day
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Extricate
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To remove with difficulty
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Ignominious
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Shameful
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Mitigate
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To make a crime excusable
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Palpitate
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To beat irregularly
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Phlegmatic
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Calm, unemotional
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