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20 Cards in this Set
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(adj part) declared openly and without shame, acknowlaged
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avowed
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(v) to extchange playful rmarks, tease; (n) talk that is playful
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banter
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(adj) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
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boutiful
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(adj part) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
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congested
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(n) harm or loss; injury, damage, a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, damage or loss
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detriment
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(adj) sturdy,not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time;
(n pl) consumer goods used repeatedly over series of years |
durable
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(n pl) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
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antics
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(adj) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
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enterprising
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(adj) econamical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
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frugal
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(adj, adv) with extreme care or caution
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gingerly
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(v) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n) an over supply
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glut
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(adj, adv) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n) in the state of being disguesed; a person in disguese
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incognito
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(v) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
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invalidate
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(adj) described in well-know known stories; existing only in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
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legendary
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(v) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
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maim
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(v) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
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minimize
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(adj) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
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oblique
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(v) to change direction of course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve
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veer
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(v) to regard with reverence, look up with great respect
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venerate
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(adj) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals;(n) a spoiled, pamperd person; one with low morals
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wanton
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