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20 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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(n) an enemy, opponent
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Alienate
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(v)to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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Artifice
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(n)a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
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Coerce
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(v)to compel, force
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Craven
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(adj)cowardly;(n)a coward
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Culinary
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(adj) related to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
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(v) to erase, wipe out, cut out
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Demise
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(n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilirate
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(v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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Fallow
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(adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n) land left unseeded; (v) to plow but not seed
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Harass
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(v) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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(adj) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
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(v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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Negligible
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(adj)so un important that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
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(v) to make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
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(n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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Punitive
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(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress
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(v) to set right, remedy; (n) relief from wrong or injury
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Sojourn
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(n) a temporary stay; (v) to stay for a time
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Urbane
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(adj) refined in manner or style, suave
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