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24 Cards in this Set
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inundate
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to flood
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fruitless
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useless
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poignant
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moving, painful to the feelings
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garbled
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confused, mixed up
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sanguine
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optimistic
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phlegmatic
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calm, hard to rouse to action
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corroborate
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confirm, support
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comprehensive
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thorough
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zealous
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enthusiastic
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coerce
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to force
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elapse
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to slip by
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meticulous
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careful
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domicile
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home
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lax
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careless, negligent
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sporadic
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occasional
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rash
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too hasty, reckless
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conjecture
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guess
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obviate
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do away with, eliminate
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lurid
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sensational
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quip
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joke
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to feather one's nest
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grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances
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fair-weather friends
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unreliable, they fail one in time of distress
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to sow one's wild oats
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to lead a wild, carefree life
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windfall
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unexpected financial gain
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