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20 Cards in this Set
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to escape notice; to get away from
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elude
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inactive; unproductive
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fallow
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anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation
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blight
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a funeral rite or ceremony
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obsequy
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an occupent or inhabitant
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denizen
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obliged loyalty or faithfulness
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fealty
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to attract by offering reward or pleasure
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entice
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to plese
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gratify
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a slow person, especialy one who falls behind
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laggard
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maneuver or action used to gain an advantage
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gambit
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large, strong, aggressive woman
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amazon
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one who attacks traditional beliefs, institutions, or ideas
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iconoclast
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difficult or unbeatable opponent; cause of one's downfall or undoing
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nemesis
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mockingly bitter or scornful; sarcastic
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sardonic
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scornfully looking down on others; disdainfully superior
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supercilious
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changeable, unpredectable, impulsive, led by a whim
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capricious
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one whose interests and thought are mainly with other people and things outside oneself rather than with one's inner life
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extrovert
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one who is concerned mainly with self-examination and one's own inner life rather than with others
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introvert
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remedy for all desires, sufferings, and troubles
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panacea
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to put off untill later
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procrastination
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