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60 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; perjudiced
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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 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 postpoement
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revile
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to attack with words; call bad names
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accomplice
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a person who takes part in a crime
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annihilate
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to destroy completely
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arbritrary
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unreadonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness
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brazen
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shameless; impudent; made of brass
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catalyst
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a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change
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exodus
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a large-scale departure or flight
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facilitate
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to make easier; assist
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incorrigible
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not able to be corrected; beyond control
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latent
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hidden; present but not realized
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militant
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given to fighting; actuve and agressive in support of a cause; an activst
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morose
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having a gloomy or sullen mannerl not friendsly or socialable
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opaque
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not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
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paramount
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chief in importance, above all others
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prattle
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to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; baby talk
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rebut
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to offer arguments or evidence that contridicts an assertioin; to refute
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reprimand
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to scold; find fault with; a rebuke
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servitude
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slavery; forced labor
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slapdash
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careless and hasty
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stagnant
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not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive; sluggish, dull
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succumb
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to give way to superior force, yield
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atone
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to make up for
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bondage
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slavery, any state of being bound or held
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credible
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believable
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defray
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to pay for
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diligent
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hardworking, industrious, not lazy
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doleful
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sad, dreary
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ghastly
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frightful, horrible, deathly pale
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hamper
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to hold back
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hew
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to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
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impoverished
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poor, in a state of poverty, depleated
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incessant
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never stopping; going on all the time
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intricate
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complicated; difficult to understand
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lucid
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easy to understand; clear rational; sane
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posthumous
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occuring or published after death
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prim
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overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
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sardonic
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grimly or scornfully mocking; bitterly sarcastic
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superfluous
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exceeding what is suffiv=cient or required, excess
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supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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taunt
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to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark
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tenacious
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holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
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