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20 Cards in this Set
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wince
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(v) to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear(n) the act of drawing bavk in this way
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wayward
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disobedient,willful; unpredictable,capricious(adj)
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alliance
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a joining together for some common purpose
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bewilder
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to puzzle completely, confuse
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buffoon
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a clown a course stupid person
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controversial
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arousing argument,dispute or disagreement
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dishearten
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to discourage
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fruitless
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not producing the desired results, unsuccessful
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hostile
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unfriendly; unfavorable warlike aggressive
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inflammable
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easily set on fire easily angered or aroused
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inflict
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to give or cause something unpleasant impose
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malignant
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deadly extremely harmful evil spiteful malicious
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mortify
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to hurt someones feelings deeply to cause embarrassment or humiliation to subdue or discipline by self denial
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orthodox
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in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things
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procure
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to obtain through special efforts to bring about
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scurry
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to run quickly scamper hurry
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spirited
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full of life and vigor courages
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sodden
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soaked with liquid or moisture expressionless dull spiritless listless
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virtual
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having a certain force or effect in fact but not i name so close to be equivalent to the real thing
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void
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completely empty having no legal force or effect empty or unfilled space to cancel or nolify
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