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32 Cards in this Set
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Inscription
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letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
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lair
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the habitation of wild animals
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ravenously
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hungrily: in the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on the food hungrily"
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elude
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escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
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gibbet
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hang on an execution instrument
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impregnable
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able to withstand attack
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connubial
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of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband;
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missile
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a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
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larceny
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Obtaining property by fraud or deceit.
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augment
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enlarge or increase
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interlocutor
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the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
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obstinatley
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stubbornly, in a stubborn unregenerate manner
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riveted
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the technique of joining components prodigiously
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partial
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being or affecting only a part, not total
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vicariously
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indierctly, as, by or though a substitute
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compassionate
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howing merciful compassion
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assail
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attack in speech or writing
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tersely
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telegraphically; in a short and concise manner
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prodigal
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marked by rash extravagance
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contumaciously
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in a rebellious manner
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omnipotent
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power with no limits or inexhaustible
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imperious
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able to deal authoirtatively with affairs
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terminate
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end, to bring to a halt
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apparition
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a grostly appearing figure
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apprehension
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fearful expectation or anticipation
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joviality
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feeling jolly and full of good humor
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arid
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lacking sufficient water or rainfall
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disperse
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to scatter, distribute losely
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dispel
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chase away, force to go away
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livid
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furiously angry
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diverge
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move or draw apart
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execrate
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curse or declare to be evil
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