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20 Cards in this Set
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Amplify
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(v.) To make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like
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Armistice
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(n.) A temporary peace, halt in fighting
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Arrogant
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(adj.) Haughty, too convinced of ones own importance
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Bland
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(adj.) Gentle, Soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste
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Disclaim
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(v.) To deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to
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Epoch
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(n.) A distinct period of time, era, age
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Estrange
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(v.) To drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep a distance
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Gratify
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(v.) To please, satisfy; to indulge or humor
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Infinite
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(adj.) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; (n., preceded by the) an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; (cap. I) a name for God
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Irascible
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(adj.) easily made angry, hot-tempered
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Kindred
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(n.) a person's relatives; a family relationship; (adj.) related by blood; like, similar
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Naive
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(adj.) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of wordly knowledge and experience
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Niche
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(n.) a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing
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Obliterate
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(v.) to blot out completely, destroy utterly
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Ramshackle
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(adj.) appearing readily to collapse, loose and shaky
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Ransack
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(v.) to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder
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Rote
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(n.) unthinking routine, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something (adj.) based on a mechanical routine
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Solvent
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(adj.) able to meet ones financial obligations; in the black (n.) a liquid used to dissolve other substances
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Tedious
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(adj.) long and tiresome
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Vendor
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(n.) a person who sells something
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