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15 Cards in this Set
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acrimony
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n. bitterness or sharpness of temper,manner,or speech
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affinity
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n attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship
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ambivalent
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adj. haveing mixed, often opposing, feeling about something or someone
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cessation
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n. a stopping, either final or temperary
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emaciated
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adj. very thin or wated away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny
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enclave
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n. a distincted region or community enclosed within a larger territory
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engender
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v. to bring into being, to produce
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exacerbate
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v. to make more severe, bitter, or vioent
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illicit
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adj. not allowed, improper, or unlawful
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indigenous
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adj. naturally living or growing in a certain area. native
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inexorable
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adj. not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless
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infatuated
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adj. filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire
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insatiable
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adj. never satisfied; greedy
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poignant
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adj. painfully moving, affecting, or touching
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proselytize
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v. to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause
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