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35 Cards in this Set
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To attack suddenly and without warning from a concealed place; ambush
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AMBUSCADE
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To attack with violent blows or verbally
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ASSAIL
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To misrepresent or contradict
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BELIE
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To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry; the young of an animal
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BROOD
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An event that brings terrible loss; disaster
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CALAMITY
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To tease in a good-natured way; trivial or worthless matter
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CHAFF
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Mixed together
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COMMINGLED
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To overcome the distrust of
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CONCILIATE
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Attracting attention by being unusual or remarkable
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CONSPICUOUS
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Quick and skillful
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DEFT
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To make uneasy; uneasiness
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DISCOMFIT/DISCOMFITURE
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A measured portion; a dose; the drawing of a liquid as from a cask or keg
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DRAUGHT
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An outgrowth or enlargement
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EXCRESCENCE
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Appropriate to a purpose; practical haste
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EXPEDIENT/EXPEDIENCY
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To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick
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GOAD
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Deserving disgrace or shame
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IGNOMINIOUS
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To urge to action through moral pressure; to drive forward
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IMPEL
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Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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IMPERIOUS
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Relentless; not to be persuaded
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INEXORABLE
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hidden
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LATENT
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One who feigns illness or other incapacity to avoid duty or work
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MALINGERER
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Careful attentions, usually to serve others
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MINISTRATIONS
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Very numerous; existing in great numbers
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MULTITUDINOUS
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To be very numerous; to exist in great numbers
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MUSE
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Hardened against feeling; hardhearted; stubborn
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OBDURATE
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In an arrogant or self-assured manner
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PEREMPTORILY
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Persistent determination
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PERTINACITY
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Special right
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PREROGATIVE
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Primary or fundamental; original
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PRIMORDIAL
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To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; an irrelevant objection
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QUIBBLE
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An expression of protest, complaint, or reproof
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REMONSTRANCE
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Noticeable, prominent, having a quality that brings to attention
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SALIENT
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Beyond what is required or sufficient
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SUPERFLUOUS
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Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort
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TRAVAIL
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Unusual; out of the ordinary
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UNWONTED
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