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20 Cards in this Set
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beseech
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to beg
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cajole
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to wheedle
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elicit
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to bring out
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enjoin
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to direct with authority
to forbid |
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exigency
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the state of requiring much effort or immediate action
an urgent crisis |
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imperious
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overbearing
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injunction
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a command
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mendicant
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dependent on begging for a living
a beggar |
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query
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a question
to question |
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servile
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slavish
like that of a slave |
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abound
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to be great in amount
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amplitude
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greatness of range
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augment
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to add to
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behemoth
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something enormous
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brevity
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briefness
terseness |
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diminish
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to make smaller
to lessen authority of |
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infinitesimal
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too small to measure
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modicum
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a small amount
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prodigious
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impressively great in size
marvelous |
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quotidian
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everyday
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