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25 Cards in this Set
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Amenities
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Pleasant qualities, attractiveness, desirable features
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Imprudent
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Not prudent, lacking discretion
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Scruples
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To show reluctance on grounds of conscience.
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Solicitously
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Full of concern or fears
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Opiate
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Something that induces rest or inaction or quiets uneasiness
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Deplorable
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Deserving censure or contempt
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Precariously
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Depending on the will or pleasure of another, dependent on chance
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Precipitous
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Steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall
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Acquiesced
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To agree or consent quickly without protest
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Marauders
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One who roams about in (Raid) search of plunder
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Languor
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Weakness or weariness of body or mind
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Succor
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Something that furnishes relief
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Palpable
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Capable of being touched or felt
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Indolently
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Causing little or no pain, habitually lazy
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Disarming
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To deprive of means of attack or defense
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Subliminal
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Existing or functioning below the level of consciousness
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Primeval
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Of or relating to the earliest ages
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Revoke
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To bring or call back
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Undulate
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Having a wavy surface, edge or markings
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Remit
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To lay aside
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Resilient
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Tending to recover from or adjust easily from misfortune or change
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Paradox
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A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and is yet perhaps true
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Teeming
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To become filled or overwhelming, to be present in large quantity
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Expendable
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Normally used up or consumed in service
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Annihilate
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To destroy completely, put out of existence
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