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24 Cards in this Set
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Afflict |
To trouble greatly, to distress |
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Ascend |
To rise |
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Besiege |
To surround |
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Emancipated |
Wasted away, abnormally thin |
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Excruciating |
Agonizing, torturing |
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Fretful |
Worrisome |
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Harbinger |
Forerunner, advance notice |
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Malignant |
Becoming progressively worse |
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Malnutrition |
Inadequate diet |
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Privation |
Lack of necessities |
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Remote |
Distant, hidden away |
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Respite |
Postponement |
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Reverberating |
Reechoing, resounding |
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Sanctuary |
Place of protection |
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Sinister |
Evil, ominous |
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Succumb |
Yield, to give way |
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Surge |
To rush suddenly |
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Thwart |
To hinder, defeat |
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Tranquil |
Peaceful |
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Ubiquitous |
Being everywhere at once |
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Sour grapes |
Claiming to despise what you cannot have |
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Swap horse midstream |
To vote against a candidate running for reelection; to change one's mind |
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To cool one's heels |
To be kept waiting |
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A red herring |
A diversion; something that diverts attention from the main issue |