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67 Cards in this Set
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ABANDON
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TO GIVE UP; TO DESERT
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SPECTER
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GHOST
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DYNASTIC
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RELATING TO A DYNASTY (A FAMILY THAT RULES AN AREA OR COUNTRY FOR GENERATIONS)
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GARB
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CLOTHING
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TUMULT
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UPROAR; VIOLENT AGITATION OF MIND OR FEELINGS
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REGIME
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A PERIOD OF RULE; A GOVERNMENT IN POWER
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EKING
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TO GAIN; TO EXTEND (COME OUT) WITH EFFORT
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MEAGER
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SMALL
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PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
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COMPULSORY
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REQUIRED
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UNANIMOUS
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AGREEMENT OF ALL; 100% IN AGREEMENT
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VIRTUOSITY
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GREAT SKILL IN A FINE ART
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EMANCIPATED
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FREE
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GHETTO
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PART OF A CITY WHERE MINORITY GROUPS LIVE (IRISH, BLACKS, JEWS, ITALIANS, ASIANS, POOR PEOPLE)
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STANCE
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THE WAY SOMEONE STANDS
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FANATICAL
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INSPIRED BY GOD; TOO ENTHUSIASTIC; INTENSE DEVOTION
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SHREWD
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CLEVER
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HARANGUE
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A LOUD, SCOLDING SPEECH
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ADEPT
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SKILLED; EXPERT
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SOLIDARITY
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PEOPLE UNITED BY THE SAME PURPOSE OR BELIEF
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PARATROOPS
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SOLDIERS WHO ARRIVE TO BATTLE VIA PARA-SHOOT
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SINCERE
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HONEST; GENUINE; REAL
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SPAWN
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EGGS; TO GENERATE
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POTENTIALLY
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CAPABLE OF; POSSIBLE
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ASSIMILATION
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TO BECOME SIMILAR; TO BECOME ABSORBED INTO A CULTURE
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SEMITIC
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PEOPLE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST (OR AKA SOUTHWEST ASIA). EG, HEBREWS OR ARABS
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DUNGAREES
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PANTS MADE OF BLUE JEAN MATERIAL
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APPENDED
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ATTACHED
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PERTAIN
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TO BELONG TO
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TROUSERS
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PANTS
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FEROCITY, FEROCIOUS
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FIERCE; SAVAGE; STRONG
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PRECARIOUS
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DANGEROUS CONDITIONS; UNSTABLE; TRICKY
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DISENTANGLE
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TO UNTANGLE
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MARVEL
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SURPRISE & WONDER & AMAZE
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GLOOMY
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SAD MOOD
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HUSTLE
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HURRY
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COMMENCED
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STARTED
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UNDERESTIMATE
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TO SET TOO LOW A VALUE ON SOMETHING
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INTERIM
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IN BETWEEN
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OVERLORD
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A LORD WHO IS RULER OVER THE OTHER LORDS
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ZEAL, ZEALOUS
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FILLED WITH TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR SOMETHING
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SNOOTY, SNOOT
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STUCK-UP; SNOB;
(SNOOT MEANS NOSE) TO HAVE YOUR "NOSE IN THE AIR" |
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DISPERSE
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SCATTER; SPREAD OUT
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SCAMPER
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TO RUN PLAYFULLY
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SPINDLY
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LONG/TALL, THIN & USUALLY WEAK
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SHRIVEL
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SHRINK UP; TO DRAW INTO WRINKLES
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BOBBLED
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FUMBLED
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CROUCH
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TO STOOP OR BEND LOW
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PIVOT
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TURN ON A FIXED (UNMOVING) POINT
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SHEEN
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DULL SHINE OR LUSTER
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LAMELY
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WEAKLY
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LAMENTED
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COMPLAIN; TO CRY OUT IN GRIEF
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DRENCHED
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THOROUGHLY WET
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GRIMLY
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HARSH; CRUEL
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VIGOROUS
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DONE WITH FORCE & ENERGY
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BEWILDER
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CONFUSED
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
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ACTING IN AN HONORABLE WAY
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HYPOCRITE
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A PERSON WHO PRETENDS ONE THING BUT BELIEVES ANOTHER
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ECSTATIC
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EXTREMELY EXCITED
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BEAMING
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VERY HAPPY
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SAVAGELY
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WILDLY; CRUELLY
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ELABORATE
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FANCY; COMPLICATED
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WINCED
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FLINCHED; TO SHRINK BACK FROM PAIN
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SUBSIDE
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TO GO AWAY; TO FADE AWAY
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ANTICIPATE
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TO GUESS BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS
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DELIBERATELY
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ON PURPOSE
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DEFLECTED
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TO TURN AWAY; TO MOVE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION
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