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47 Cards in this Set
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Copious
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abudant , plentiful
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officious
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ready to serve , eagerin offering , unwanted services or advice
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office
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spurious
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not guieness , fake
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spur
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onerous
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troblesome or oppressive , burdensome
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owner
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gregarious
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socialable
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pious
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devoute , holy
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scrupolus
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careful of the details
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attrition
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a gradual reduction or weakening ; a rubbing away
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fishing
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edification
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enlighten ; instruct
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pinion
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bind the wings so as not to fly ; confine
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pin
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writhe
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tp cause to twist or bend ; to suffer actuely as in pain or embarrasement
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pedestrian
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ordinary
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carrion
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dead and rotting flesh
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kismet
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fate
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kiss me
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ambivalence
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indecision ; experience econtradictory emotions
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abulance
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elocution
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art of public speaking
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ablution
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baptsim
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egg
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to encourage or incite to action
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mete
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to distribute by or as if by measure ; allot
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meat
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deploy
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to arrange strategically
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cavalier
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casual ; carefree and nonchalant ; arrogant disregard ; a gallant gentlemen
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embroil
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to involve in argument or hostile action ; to throw in disorder
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boil
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waffle
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to speak or write evasively
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waffle
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ascribe
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to attribute to a specific cause ‚ source ‚ or origin
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tribe
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enhance
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to improve ; to intensity
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dance
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impair
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to cause to diminish ‚ as in strength ‚ value ‚ or quality
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pear
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nullify
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to make useless ; cancel ; undo
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fly
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terse
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brief and to the point ; concise
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coerce
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to force someome by threatening or physically overpowering him
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horse
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diverse
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different ; varied
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abate
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to reduce
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bait
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abide
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to remain ; continue ; stay ; endure
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gambit
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to take risk for some advantages
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gamble
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jaunt
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a short pleasure trip
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haunt
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frank
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straightforward ; open and sincere in expression
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frankfurter
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lithe
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bending easily and gracefully
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aesthetic
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having to do with artistic beauty
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athletic
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mawkish
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excessively and objectionable sebtimental
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raffish
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cheaply vulgar in apperance or nature ; tawdry ; disreputable
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fish
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continuum
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a continuous whole or without clear division into parts
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continue
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gullible
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easily cheated or fooled
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gull
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travail
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strenuous physical or mental labor or effort ; the labor of childbirth
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trail
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intrepid
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fearless ; bold
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trip ed
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languid
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lacking energy ; weak ; showing little interest in anything
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squid
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exodus
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a mass departure
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exit bus
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influx
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a mass arrival or incoming ; a continuous coming
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trucks
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abash
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to make ashamed or uneasy
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cash
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