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19 Cards in this Set
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Cautionary
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Offering or serving as a warning
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Constrain
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To confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity
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Constraint
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A restriction or limitation
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Flotilla
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A fleet of boat of small ships
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Gossamer
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n. 1.thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze. 2. A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb. adj. as light and delicate as a cobweb
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Ignominious
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Marked by, deserving, or cause shame or disgrace
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Incur
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To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt
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Liquidate
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v. 1. To settle the affairs of a business; too convert to cash 2. To get rid of; to kill or destroy
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Magnate
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An important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business
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Misnomer
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A name that does not fit
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Onerous
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Burdensome, oppressive
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Pandemonium
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A state of place of great confusion or uproar
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Quixotic
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Romantic and idealistic, but impractical
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Tenacious
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Holding fast; persistent to adhering to something valued or habitual. Tenacity n.
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Vestige
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A trace of something that once was present
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Zephyr
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A light, gentle breeze
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