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15 Cards in this Set
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cautionary
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offering or serving as a warning
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constrain
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to confine, inhibit, or hold back by force
a restriction or limitation |
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flotilla
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a fleet of boats or small ships
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gossamer
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thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze
fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb |
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ignominious
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marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace
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incur
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to bring upon oneself something undesirable
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liquidate
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to settle the affairs of a business, to convert into cash
to destroyyyyyy |
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magnate
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important, wealthy person prominent in a large business
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misnomer
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a name that doesn't fit
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive
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pandemonium
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state of great confusion
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quixotic
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romantic and idealistic, but impractical
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tenacious
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holding fast, persistent
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vestige
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trace of something that was once present
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zephyr
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light, gentle breeze
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