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43 Cards in this Set
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior (verb)
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appropriate
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to take for one's own use; confiscate (verb)
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arrest
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to suspend; to engage to hold one's attention (verb)
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august
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majestic; venerable (adj)
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bent
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learning, inclination; proclivity, tendency (noun)
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broach
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to bring up or announce; to begin to talk about (verb)
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cardinal
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of great importance (adj)
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color
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to change as if by dyeing, to distort, gloss or affect (verb)
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damp
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to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound (verb)
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die
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a part of a machine that punches shaped holes or cuts (noun)
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essay
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to test or try; to attempt or experiment (verb)
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exact
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to demand, call for, require or take (verb)
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flag
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to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline (verb)
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent (adj)
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a ricer or stream (verb)
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grouse
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to complain or grumble (verb)
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guy
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a cord or cable used to steady or guide something (noun)
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intimate
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to imply, suggest, or insinuate (verb)
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side (verb)
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lumber
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to move heavily and clumsily (verb)
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milk
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to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of (verb)
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mince
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to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully also, to take tiny steps or tiptoe (verb)
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nice
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exacting; fastidious; extremely; even excessively precise (adj)
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obtain
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to be established, accepted , or customary (verb)
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occult
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hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension (adj)
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pedestrian
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commonplace, trite, unremarkable; quotidian (adj)
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pied
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multicolored, usually in blotches or patches (adj)
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pine
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to lose vigor (as through grief) to yearn (verb)
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plastic
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moldable; pliable; not rigid (adj)
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prize
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to pry; to press or force with a lever something taken by force, spoils (verb/noun)
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rail
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to complain about bitterly (verb)
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rent
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torn, past of rend; an opening or tear caused by such (adj/noun)
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quail
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to lose courage, to become frightened (verb)
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qualify
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to limit (verb)
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sap
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to enervate or weaken the vitality of (verb)
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scurvy
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contemptible; despicable (adj)
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singular
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exceptional, unusual, odd (adj)
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steep
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to saturate or completely soak (verb)
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strut
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing (noun)
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table
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to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration (verb)
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tender
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to proffer or offer, to give (verb)
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waffle
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to equivocate, to change one's position (verb)
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wag
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wit, joker (noun)
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