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101 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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Become Less
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Aegis
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Protection
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Affirm
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Support; Declare
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Agile
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Able to move quickly and easily.
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Alter
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Cause to change.
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Ambroisal
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Nice taste, fragrance.
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Anecdote
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Short and amusing story.
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Apathy
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lack of intrest, boring.
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Aperture
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An opening; a gap, or a hole.
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Apocalypse
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Final or complete distruction of the world.
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Apogee
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Far.
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Apollonian
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Greek god.
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Arson
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deliberate act.
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Assail
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violent attack on.
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Aurora
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NATURAL phenomenon.
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Avarice
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Greedy.
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Brusque
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Rude, in speech.
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Consummate
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Finish, complete, Achieve
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Avarice
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Greedy.
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Erratic
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Not even, not regular.
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Copious
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Generous.
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Brusque
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Rude, in speech.
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Counsel
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Advice- Lawyers.
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Consummate
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Finish, complete, Achieve
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Defiance
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Disobidiance.
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Erratic
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Not even, not regular.
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Delinquent
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Commit Crime.
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Copious
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Generous.
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Deluge
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A severe flood.
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Dour
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Stern.
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Counsel
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Advice- Lawyers.
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Eminent
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Famous, respected in his field.
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Defiance
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Disobidiance.
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Emulate
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Surpass; an acheivement.
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Delinquent
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Commit Crime.
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Enervate
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Cause to feel Weakened.
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Deluge
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A severe flood.
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Entice
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Try to appeal, inviting.
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Epoch
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A period of time in a person's life; history.
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Dour
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Stern.
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Eminent
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Famous, respected in his field.
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Emulate
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Surpass; an acheivement.
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Enervate
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Cause to feel Weakened.
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Entice
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Try to appeal, inviting.
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Epoch
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A period of time in a person's life; history.
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Exorbitant
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Unresonably High; (price)
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Exuberance
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Lively, bubbly.
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Exultant
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Happy.
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Feign
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Pretend; to be injured.
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Fiend
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Evil Spirit; demon.
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Forage
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Search widely for food.
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Furtive
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attempting to avoid attention.
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Guile
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Slick
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Harbinger
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Signal Person.
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Hermetic
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Airtight.
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Implore
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Beg.
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Impute
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Represent.
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Inane
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Silly or stupid.
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Indignation
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Anger or Annoy.
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Inert
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Lack of Strength to move; etc.
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Inferior
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Lower in rank, status.
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Infernal
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Refering to Hell or "the underworld".
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Insolence
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Rude; lack of respect.
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Jargon
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Hard words.
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Lament
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Very sad.
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Languid
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Relaxed.
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Laudable
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Deserving Praise.
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Litany
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A series of petition.
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Lucid
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Clear.
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Luminous
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Bright, shinning.
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Macabre
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Disturbing.
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Manifest
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Show.
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Obeisance
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Honor.
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Oblique
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Slanted/ angle!
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Obstrusive
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Obvious, easy to see, noticable.
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Palladium
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Atomic.
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Pensive
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Engaged in.
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Perforate
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Pierce, make holes.
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Placid
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Not easily excited.
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Potent
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Great Power.
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Precarious
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Not secured.
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Promethean
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Greek god.
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Propagate
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Breed, grow, reporduce.
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Purge
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Cleanse, remove unwanted memories.
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Rapture
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A feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
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Regal
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resembling.
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Retinue
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Group of inportant People.
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Servile
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PLease Others.
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Requisite
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Essential.
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Requite
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Repay, avenge, give back.
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Stipulate
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Demand, specify
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Subjugate
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Bring under control.
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Vagrant
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travels from one home or place to another.
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Valiant
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Showing Determination.
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Vehement
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Showing Passionance, very intense.
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Vindictive
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Unreasonable desire for revenge.
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Wanton
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Cruel and deliberate.
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Wary
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Showing caution.
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Wily
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Skilled with an advantage.
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Wrest
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Forcefully Pull.
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Zealus
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Eager; enthusiastic
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