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38 Cards in this Set
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tact
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the ability to speak or act without offending others
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gallant
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brave; showing respect for women
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bachelor
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a man who has not married
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abandon
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desert; leave without planning to come back; quit
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hardship
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something that is hard to bear; difficulty
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corpse
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a dead body, usually of a person
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inhabit
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live in
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recline
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lie down; stretch out; lean back
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wager
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bet
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devise
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think out; plan; invent
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utilize
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make use of
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eliminate
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get rid of; remove; omit
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descend
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go or come down from a higher place to a lower level
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circulate
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go around; go from place to place or person to person
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predict
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tell beforehand
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assemble
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gather together; bring together
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probe
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search into; examine thoroughly; investigate
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reform
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make better; improve by removing faults
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evade
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get away from by trickery or cleverness
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burden
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what is carried; a load
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defect
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fault; that which is wrong
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thorough
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being all that is needed; complete
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client
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person for whom a lawyer acts; customer
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undoubtedly
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certainly; beyond doubt
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detect
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find out; discover
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approach
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come near or nearer to
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comprehensive
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including much; covering completely
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deceive
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make someone believe as true something that is false; mislead
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dense
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closely packed together; thick
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typical
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usual; of a kind
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neglect
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give too little care or attention to
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qualify
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become fit; show that you are able
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defraud
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take money, rights, etc., away by cheating
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wholesale
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in large quantity; less than retail in price
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enormous
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extremely large; huge
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expensive
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costly; high-priced
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essential
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necessary; very important
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popular
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liked by most people
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