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20 Cards in this Set
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appoint
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to name for a position
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bitterly
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in a manner characterized by hatred or resentment
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campaign
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actions undertaken to achieve a political, social, or financial goal
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correspond
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to exchange litters
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decency
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proper behavior; socially proper actions
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dispose
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to deal with; get rid of; eliminate
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engagement
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an encounter between opposing forces; an appointment; a pledge to marry
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institution
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an established law, practice, or custom; an organization; the building housing such an organization
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mortal
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very intense; subject to death; human; a human being
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oust
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to force out; expel
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parallel
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extending in the same direction, every where equally distant; on the same line as; something equal or similar in all important details; to make one thing parallel to another
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percussion
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the hitting of one object against another; a musical instrument that produces sound by being sturk, such as a drum
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practical
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useful; realistic
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repercussion
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after effect of an action of event; result; consequence
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resign
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to give up deliberately
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snipe
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to attack slyly; to shoot at from a hiding place
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suite
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a matched set of furniture; a series of connecting rooms
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sympathy
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feeling of sorrow for another person's situation
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token
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slight; symbolic; done as an indication or a pledge; an out ward sign or expression; a small metal object used in place of a coin
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wage
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money paid for work done; to take part in or carry on
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