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28 Cards in this Set
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auxiliary
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additional; supplementary; reserve: giving support; serving as an aid; helpful
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abase
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To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade
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abdicate
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To give up (royal power or the like).
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abet
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To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abjure
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To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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flamboyant
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Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
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finite
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limited
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fervid
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intense
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fastidious
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hard to please
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fallacious
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illogical
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minion
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a servile favorite
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batten
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a narrow strip of wood
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velvety
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marked by lightness and softness
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quandary
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a puzzling predicament
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oculist
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one versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye
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refute
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to prove to be wrong
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vicarious
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suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another
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ailment
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slight sickness
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deleterious
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hurtful, morally or physically
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endemic
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peculiar to some specified country or people
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impetuosity
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rashness
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gravity
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seriousness
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wizen
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to become or cause to become withered or dry
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perspicacious
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astute
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obstetrician
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practitioner of midwifery
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prudence
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caution
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imbibe
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to drink or take in
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corporeal
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of a material nature; physical
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