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60 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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an enemy; opponent
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Alienate
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to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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Artifice
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a skillful or ingenious device; clever skill; trickery;
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Coerce
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to compel; force
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Craven
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(adj): cowardly
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Culinary
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of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
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to erase, wipe out, cut out
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Demise
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a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilarate
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to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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Fallow
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(adj): plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow;
(n):land left unseeded (v): to plow but not seed |
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Harass
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to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
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to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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Negligible
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so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
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to make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
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an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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Punitive
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inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress
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(v): to set right, remedy
(n): relief from wrong or injury |
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Sojourn
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(n): a temporary stay
(v): to stay for a time |
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Urbane
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refined in manner or style; suave
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Adroit
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skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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Amicable
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peaceable, friendly
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Averse
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having a deep-seated distasted; opposed, unwilling
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Belligerent
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(adj): given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive
(n): one at war, one engaged in war |
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Benevolent
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kindly, charitable
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Cursory
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hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
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treachery, deceitfulness
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Extol
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to praise extravagantly
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Feasible
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possible, able to be done
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Grimace
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9n): a wry face, facial distortion
(v): to make a wry face |
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Holocaust
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a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
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Impervious
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not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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Impetus
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a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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Jeopardy
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danger
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Meticulous
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extremely careful; particular about details
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Nostalgia
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a longing for something past; homesickness
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quintessence
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the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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Retrogress
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to move backward, to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
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to examine closely
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Tepid
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lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
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Adulterate
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to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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Ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
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Augment
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to make larger increase
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Bereft
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deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
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Deploy
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to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
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Dour
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stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
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Fortitude
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courage facing difficulties
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Gape
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to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
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Gibe
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(v): to utter taunting words
(n): an expression of scorn |
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Guise
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an external appearance, cover, mask
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Insidious
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intended to deceive or entrap; sly; treacherous
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Intimation
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a hint, indirect suggestion
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Opulent
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wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
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Pliable
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easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
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Reiterate
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to say again, repeat
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Stolid
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not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
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Tentative
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experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
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Unkempt
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not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
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Verbatim
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word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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Warily
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cautiously, with great care
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