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60 Cards in this Set
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Throughly skilled or an expert
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Adept
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Have an ambitious hopes or plans strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly
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Aspire
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Bare, dreary
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Bleak
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blame or scold
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chide
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worthy of scorn
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despicable
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small, smaller than others of the same type
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diminutive
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to release from slavery or to liberate
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emancipate
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incorrect
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erroneous
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to make use of, develop
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expliot
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made or delivered in the spur of the moment
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extemporaneous
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to make imperfect, damage
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impair
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unbeatable
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invincible
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without energy, drooping
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languid
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swampy ground
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mire
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forward, undesirably prominent
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obtrusive
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an introduction toa speech or writing
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preamble
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to perform
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render
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rough, irregular
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rugged
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inclined to doubt
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skeptical
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untidy in personal habits
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slipshod
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shortness
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brevity
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conduct oneself
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comport
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expressing much in few words
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concise
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sober, serious manner
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demure
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lessening in value
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depreciation
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lower in quality or value
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deteriorate
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tell reveal, make public
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divulge
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free from ignorance and false ideas
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enlightened
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prevent by acting first
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forestall
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distort in a way to make it unintelligible
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garble
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one who puts forward a proposal
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proponent
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shake, tremble
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quaver
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spring back
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recoil
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make up, regain
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recoup
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unpleasant smell
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reek
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unyielding, harsh
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relentless
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small stream
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rivulet
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spend foolishly
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squander
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detached or disconnected in sound or style
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staccato
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a law
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statute
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sufficient to be noticed
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appreciable
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absoulute in power
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autocratic
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remove the color from
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blanch
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an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred
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blasphemy
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strong, muscular
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brawny
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planned or perfromed with others
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concerted
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fight, struggle
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contend
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kind, merciful
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humane
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very famous,
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illustrious
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unbearable
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intolerable
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disrespectful
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irreverent
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not easy, requires work
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laborious
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limber, bend easy
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lithe
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abuse
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maltreat
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consider carefully
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ponder
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to undermine or overthrow
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subversive
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made or put together by people, artificial
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synthetic
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mild, moderate
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temperate
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poisonous, spiteful
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venomous
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sly, cunning
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wily
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