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30 Cards in this Set
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pare
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verb peel; to cut down on
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cockade
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noun ribbon worn on a hat
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lei
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noun ring of flowers
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disrupt
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verb disturb
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allude
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verb refer
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scourge
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verb,adj whip; cause of a terrible suffering
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baton
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noun stick used to conduct an orchestra; metal rod that is twirled showily
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eliminate
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verb remove
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unseemly
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adj,adv improper
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clarity
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adj clearness
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knell
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noun slow tolling of bells
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triplicate
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noun three copies
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hireling
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adj person in the pay of another
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authentic
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adj genuine
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rampant
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adj spreading wildly
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lucid
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clear
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susceptible
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easily affected by;easily influenced
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dubbed
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named;add a sound track to
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spasmodic
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intermittent, udden and irreglar
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rotary
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circular
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intricate
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complicated
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discretion
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judgment ;care what one sas and does
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deplore
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feel great regret about
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pert
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saucy
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impound
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shut in an enclosure; seized and held
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salvage
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save from being wrecked
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unilateral
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involving
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scrupulous
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careful to do wht is proper
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voluptuous
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giving pleasure through the senses
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proceeds
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profits from some activity
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