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41 Cards in this Set
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acquiesce
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consent, agree passively
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altercation
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angry dispute or quarrel
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anguish
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intense suffering, distress, agony
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apparition
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specter, phantom, ghost
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arraign
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call before court, summon to trial
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assimilate
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absorb, incorporate, conform
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avid
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pale
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cajole
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coax, wheedle, persuade by flattery
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capricious
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changeable
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concede
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admit, yield, give in
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condolence
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formal expression of sympathy after loss
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contrive
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plot, scheme
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crroborate
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verify, confirm
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depravity
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moral corruptness
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deprecate
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dissaprove, protest against
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difident
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shy, timid
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dirge
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funeral hymn
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dissipate
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dispel, melt away, waste
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effigy
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image, likeness
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elicit
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draw forth, extract
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encroach
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intrude, trespass
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exasperate
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irritate, annoy
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exonerate
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clear from blame
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facetiousness
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witty levity, clever humor
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incipient
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in the beginning stages
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indolence
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love of ease, laziness
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inexorable
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unyielding, unrelenting
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interment
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burial
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inveterate
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habitual
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libel
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written slander
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lucrative
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profitable, moneymaking
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lugubrious
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mournful, sorrowful
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munificent
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generous, charitable
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nefarious
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wicked, evil
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pallid
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pale, colorless
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precipitous
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very steep
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precocious
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very mature, advanced
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prevaricate
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lie, evade the truth
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promulgate
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make known, proclaim
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prosaic
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dull, monotonous
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provident
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thrifty, excercising foresight, prudent
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