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60 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
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Alienate
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to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile;
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Artifice
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a clever trick; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile
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Coerce
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to dominate or control; to compel by force, intimidation, or authority; exact
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Craven
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cowardly
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Culinary
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having skill in the arts of cooking; of, pertaining to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
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Delete
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cancel; erase; expunge
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Demise
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death or decease; termination of existence or operation
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Exhilarate
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to enliven; to make cheerful or merry
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Fallow
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plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated
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Harass
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torment, as with troubles or cares; to be troubled by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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sever, rush, or harsh; stormy
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Muse
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to think or meditate in silence; to comment thoughtfully
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Negligible
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unimportant that it may safely be disregarded or neglected
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Perpetuate
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to preserve from extinction
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Precedent
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any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations
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punitive
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serving for, concerned with; inflicting punishment
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redress
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to dress again; the setting right of what is wrong
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sojourn
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a temporary stay
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urbane
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reflecting elegance, sophistication; having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities
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Adulterate
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to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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Ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
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Augment
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to make larger, increase
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Bereft
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deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
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Deploy
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to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
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Dour
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stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
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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 open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
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Gibe
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to utter taunting words; an expression of scorn
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Guise
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an external appearance, cover, mask
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Insidious
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intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
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Intimation
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a hint, indirect suggestion
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Opulent
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wealthy, luxurious; ample, grandiose
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Pliable
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easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
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Reiterate
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to say again, repeat
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Stolid
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not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
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Tentative
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experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
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Unkempt
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not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
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Verbatim
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word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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Warily
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cautiously, with great care
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Adroit
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skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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Amicable
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peaceable, friendly
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Averse
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having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
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Belligerent
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given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war
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Benevolent
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kindly, charitable
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Cursory
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hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
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treachery, deceitfulness
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Extol
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to praise extravagantly
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Feasible
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possible, able to be done
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Grimace
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a wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face
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Holocaust
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a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter, a burnt offering
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Impervious
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not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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Impetus
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a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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jeopardy
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danger
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Meticulous
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extremely careful; particular about details
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Nostalgia
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a longing for something past; homesickness
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Quintessence
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the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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Retrogress
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to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
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to examine closely
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Tepid
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lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interestd
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