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105 Cards in this Set
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appraise
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to inform
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amenable
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obedient
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assiduous
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hard working
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disparate
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different
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distend
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to swell
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debacle
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violent breakdown
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exhume
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to dig out of the ground
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exorbitant
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excessive
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fiat
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an arbitrary order
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gaffe
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a social blunder
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imbue
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to inspire
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impeach
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to challenge
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lugubrious
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exxagerately mournful
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presage
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to foreshadow
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privation
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poverty
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respite
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a period of rest
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resolute
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determined
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repudiate
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to reject
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reticent
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quiet
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secede
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to withdraw from an alliance
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vitiate
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to pollute
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auspices
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protection
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atone
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to make aments
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animosity
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hostility
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belligerent
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waging war
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conservatory
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usually attached to another structure
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curb
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to control
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contigent
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dependent
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consonent
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harmonious
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delude
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to decieve
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decadent
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decaying
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despot
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an autocrat
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explicate
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to make a detailed explanation of the meaning of
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extremety
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the outermost point
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galvanize
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to startle into sudden activity
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impede
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to interfere with
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impetuous
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rash
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orthodox
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conventional
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procure
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to obtain
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propogate
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to multiply
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propound
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to propose
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precocious
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mature
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quell
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to suppress
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revere
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to honor
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rudimentary
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basic
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timorous
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fearful
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travesty
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a mockery
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vindicate
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to free from blame
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virulent
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full of hate
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aversion
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a strong feeling or dislike
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ameliorate
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to make better
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accolate
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an award
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axiom
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a widely accepted saying
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avarice
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greed
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affinity
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sympathy
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brusque
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blunt
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byzantine
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extremely complicated in structure
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clout
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a blog
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deluge
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a flood
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denizen
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inhabitant
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destitute
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extremely poor
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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ensue
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to result
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entity
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distinct thing
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enmity
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deep hatred
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fecund
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fertile
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gamut
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full range of somethingin
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inadvertant
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unintentional
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inclination
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tendency
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incumbent
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holding an office
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lavish
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bestow generously
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ostensable
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apparent
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predispose
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to make susceptible
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puritanical
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severe/strict about morals
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rustic
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rural
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solace
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consoltation
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sordid
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morally vile
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specious
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not genuine
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stolid
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not earily roused to emotion
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stupendous
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remarkable
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vicissitude
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upheaval
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viable
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workable
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adamant
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stubborn
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bedlam
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noisy uproar
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churl
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a rude person
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desultory
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without plan or purpose
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deride
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to ridicule
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dictum
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a proverb
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derogatory
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disapproving
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extort
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to obtain through force
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elusive
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hard to pin down
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homage
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respect
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ineluctable
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inescable
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infraction
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violation
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infringe
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violation
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inimical
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harmful
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oust
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to eject
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perennial
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continual
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perfunctory
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unenthusiastic
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rarefied
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esoteric
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raucous
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rowdy
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surmise
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to guess
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tummult
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violent
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teem
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to swarm
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vernacular
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everyday speech
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