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10 Cards in this Set
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OFFICIOUS
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meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
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DEFAULT
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failure to act
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EUPHEMISM
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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INHERENT
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firmly established by nature or habit
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ALLEVIATE
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relieve
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INTRANSIGENCE
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refusal of any compromise; stubborness
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PRODIGAL
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wasteful; reckless with money
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SECRETE
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hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
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SUBSIDE
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settle down; descend; grow quiet
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POROUS
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full of pores; like a sieve
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