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15 Cards in this Set
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly resisting authority, discipline, guidance, or treatment
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pinnacle
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highest point
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siren
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beautiful and dangerously fascinating woman who attracts and tempts men
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Adonis
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extremely handsome young man
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inexorable
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unchangeable or unstoppable by pleading or begging; unyielding
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tally
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count up, add, record
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bizarre
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very strange, odd, fantastic
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remorse
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bitter and painful sense of guilt
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spurious
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not genuine
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fervent
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intense, passionate
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capitulate
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surrender, give up
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recapitulate
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summarize
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decapitate
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cut off the head, behead
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per capita
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for each person ( of population): per person
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capitalize
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take advantage of or profit from
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