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75 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to reduce
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abject
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to lower in condition or status
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affable
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approachable
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altercation
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vehement quarrel
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animosity
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active hatred
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antecedent
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proceding
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arrears
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unfulfilled obligation
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assiduous
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dilligent
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augur
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prophet
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aversion
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intense dislike
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cadence
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balanced rythmic flow
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capitulate
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to surrender
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caricature
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comedic or grotesque representation
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circuitous
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being or taking a long course
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clemency
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disposition to show mercy especially towards enemy
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commiserate
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to feel pity for; to sympathize with
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complacent
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self satisfied
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consign
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to give over to the care of another; to entrust
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conspicuous
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obvious
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corroborate
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to strengthen or support with other evidence
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deference
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submission or yielding to the wishes of another
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deign
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condescending
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despondent
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dejected
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diffidence
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timidity
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dissipate
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to make something dissappear or scatter
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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epoch
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remarkable age of history
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evanescence
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dissappear like a vapor
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expeditious
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done with speed and efficiency
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fidelity
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faithfulness to obligations
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furtive
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stealthy
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glib
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performed with natural ease
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imperative
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expressing a command or plea
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implacable
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impossible to please
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inanimate
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dull not exhibiting life
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incorrigible
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firmly rooted
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incumbent
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obligatory
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infallible
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incapable of being wrong
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom
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insolent
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insulting in manner or speech
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inundate
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cover with floodwater
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juncture
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act of joining
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lethargy
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state of apathy
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levity
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frivolity @ innapropriate times
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lucrative
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profitable
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ludicrous
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hilarious due to abssurdity
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magnanimous
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courageously noble
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mercenary
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motivated by material/ monetary gains
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modicum
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token ammount
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obliterate
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to do away with and leave no trace
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obsequious
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exhibiting servile compliance
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ominous
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menacing
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ostensible
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represented or appearing as such
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pernicious
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deadly
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perpetuate
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cause to continue indefinitelty
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pilfer
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to steal
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propensity
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tendency
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rejoinder
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answer to a reply
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render
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to give or make available
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retaliate
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return like for like; evil for evil
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ruminate
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to meditate
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sagacity
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wisdom
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sallow
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sickly looking
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sanguine
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bloody; happy and optimistic
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servile
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fawning over
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spectral
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ghostly
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stint
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to restrict or limit
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stolid
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having or revealing little emotion
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sumptuous
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lavish
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supercilious
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feeling or showing hauty disdain
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supplicate
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to humbly or earnestly ask for
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tremulous
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timid or fearful
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trenchant
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forceful; effective
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent
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vermins
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small annoying animals or insects
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