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79 Cards in this Set
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to make familiar
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accustom
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to move or shift
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budge
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big and strongly built
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burly
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getting along well together
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compatible
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to push or shove
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jostle
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something that prevents one from moving forward
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obstacle
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a person who is walking
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pedestrian
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lacking flavor
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bland
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easily broken
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brittle
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a # of similar things together
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cluster
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to use up/ or to eat
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consume
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to prepare land for growing crops
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cultivate
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to remove or take out
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extract
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hot and moist
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tropical
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a person from whom one is descended
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anscestor
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to understand
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comprehend
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the time during which somthing last
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duration
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easy to see and understand
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evident
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savage; fierce
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fericious
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very large
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gigantic
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to cover or keep from being seen
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obscure
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to early
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premature
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weak
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puny
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w/o mistakes or errors in facts
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accurate
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not exact, but close
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approximate
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to lose hope
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despair
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to make or become worse
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deteriorate
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a loud outburst; a very strong wind
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gale
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a feeling or expresion of great joy
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jubilation
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to caculate or direct a ship or aircraft
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navigate
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a longing for a certain time in the past
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nostalgia
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to break of
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sever
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to invite others to take part in a contest
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challenge
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to get the better of
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conquer
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a deep, narrow opening in a rock
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crevice
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unwisely bold or daring
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foolhardy
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to tempt or atract w/ something good
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lure
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temporary
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makeshift
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one who looks at things in a positive way
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optimist
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the top
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summit
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short, to the point
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terse
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to defeat the plans or efforts of
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thwart
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to do away w/
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abolish
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great pain of the ming and body
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agony
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a machine used in ancient wars that threw thing w/ gr8 force
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catapult
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to criticize
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denounce
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to go up or increase in size or scope
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escalate
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to cause sometthing painful to be felt
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inflict
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to hate or dislike gr8ly
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loathe
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to involve ones self in2 other peoples affairs w/o being asked
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meddle
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to make up for
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compensate
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to lay down
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deposite
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having little strength
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feeble
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very cold/ unfriendly
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frigid
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rough and unpleasent to the senses
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harsh
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far away in time or space
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remote
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not flexible
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rigid
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strong/ gr8 in value or size
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substantial
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an awkward clumsy walk
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waddle
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to gather
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assemble
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the load carried by a plane or ship
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cargo
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a barrel shaped container used for carrying liquids
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cask
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silly
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frivolous
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to shop or cut w/ an ax
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hew
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unfriendly
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hostile
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to suceed, expecially in terms of money
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prosper
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foolish
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absurd
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to rise up in a steady way
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ascend
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easily damaged or broken
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flimsy
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wook that has been sawed in2 boards
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lumber
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to copy or imitate closely
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mimic
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to stop for a while b4 going on
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suspend
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cumbersome
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unweildy
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very many
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numerous
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to b or act against
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oppose
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to forbid by law or order
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prohibit
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to chase
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pursue
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not wanting to do something
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reluctant
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to want something very badly
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yearn
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