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20 Cards in this Set
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traumatic
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painful, resulting from violent physical injury of emotional shock
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive
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obsolete
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outmoded, out of use
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reputable
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well thought of, respected
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ribald
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coarsely mocking, scurrilous
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indigent
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needy,poor
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mundane
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earthly, commonplace
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effect
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to bring about, accomplish
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voluptuous
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giving delight to the senses
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clement
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mild, merciful
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pacify
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to make calm, appease
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abrogate
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to abolish, annul, do away with
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connive
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to approve of or secretly aid the wrongdoing of another
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alleviate
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to lessen, lighten, relieve
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adulterate
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to cheapen or debase with inferior or harmful ingredients
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amortize
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to write off a debt by regular payments
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stultify
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to render absurd or useless
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amalgamate
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to combine, unite, fuse
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hibernate
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to spend the winter(in a resting state)
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indigenous
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native, characteristic of a specific region
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