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20 Cards in this Set
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Abscond
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to run off and hide
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Access
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approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain
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Anarchy
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a lack of government and law; confusion
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Arduous
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hard to do, requiring much effort
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Auspicious
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favorable, fortunate
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Biased
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favoring one side unduly, prejudiced
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Daunt
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to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
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Disentangle
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to free from tangles or complications
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Fated
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determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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Hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick, decieve
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Inanimate
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not having life; without energy or spirit
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Incinerate
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to burn to ashes
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Intrepid
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very brave, fearless, unshakeable
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Larceny
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theft
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Pliant
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bending readily; easily influenced
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Pompous
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overly self important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
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Precipice
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a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
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Rectify
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to make right; correct
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Reprieve
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a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement
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Revile
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to attack with words, call bad names
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