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20 Cards in this Set
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Abnegate
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to renounce, surrender, or deny privelage to oneself
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Antithesis
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The opposite or highest possible contrast
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Barbarous
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Uncvilized or primitive; characterized by brutality or savagery
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Deduce
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to infer; to derive from evidence or assumption
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Gauntlet
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A challenge
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Impalpable
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Impossible to perceive through use of the sense of touch
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Impasse
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A situation that seems to offer no solution or escape
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Impeccable
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flawless; virtually perfect
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Latent
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potential
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Levity
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lightness, insubstantality.
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Portend
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to suggest or foretell
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Pulchritude
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Beauty
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Remunerate
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To pay (in consideration of another person's expense or actions)
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Ruminate
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To ponder or review mentally
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Salutary
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Promoting physical soundness
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Strident
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harsh
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Surcease
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end
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Travail
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Hard work. Especially work causing physical pain
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Visage
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the face ("appearance")
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Volatile
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potentially unstable
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