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16 Cards in this Set
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Heavily and strongly built
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burly
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To run with hasty, quick steps
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scuttle
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Capable of making a mistake or being decieved
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fallible
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Neither perpendicular nor parallel; not straightforward
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oblique
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Arising without external stimulus, sometimes impulsive
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spontaneous
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A disturbing preoccupation with an idea or feeling that us often unreasonable
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obsession
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To eagerly desire to attain something
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aspire
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Recklessly extravagant, wasteful
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prodigal
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To remove utterly from recognition or memory
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obliterate
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Having compassion, sympathy, or consideration
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humane
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To continue to spread by generation or successive production; to spread from person to person
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propagate
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A feeling of something about to happen, generally something evil
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foreboding
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Distinguished bravery; extraordinary ability
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prowess
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To deprive of members or divide limb from limb; to mutilate; to divide into parts
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dismember
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A thin sheet of one material bonded to another, usually wood; a superficial or false show
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veneer
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To display oneself or one's wealth prominently
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flaunt
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