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34 Cards in this Set
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Appease
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To satisfy or relieve
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Arduous
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Requiring great effort; difficult
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Aspired
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To aim or seek ambitiously
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Assailed
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To attack vigorously or violently; assault
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Callowness
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immature or inexperienced
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Certitude
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Complete assurance; confidence
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Conspicuous
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Easily seen or noticed
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Copious
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Large in quantity
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Covert
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Concealed or covered
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Daunted
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To overcome with fear; intimidate
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Defied
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to challenge the power of
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Deft
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quick and skillful
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Exploit
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To utilize, especially for profit
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Formidable
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causing fear or dread
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Futilely
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Incapable of producing any results; ineffective
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Impede
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To obstruct the process of
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Imperiously
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Urgent or imperative
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Imploringly
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To beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy
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Importuned
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To beg for (something) urgently or persistently
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Incarnate
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Personified or typified
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Indispensable
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Absolutely necessary, essential
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Latent
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Present but not visible
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palpitant
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to pulse rapidly
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Primordial
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Giving origin to something derived or developed; original
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Provocation
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something that angers or irritates
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Realm
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A royal domain; kingdom
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Remnant
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A fragment or scrap
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Repugnance
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A strong distaste or objection
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Retaliated
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To requite or return (a wrong or injury) with the like
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Revelation
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The act or revealing or disclosing
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Swarthy
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Having a dark complexion or color
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Tangible
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Capable of being touched
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Transient
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Not lasting, enduring
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Voracious
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Craving or consuming large quantities of food
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