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20 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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(n.) An enemy, opponent.
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Alienate
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(v.) To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey.
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Artifice
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(n.) A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery.
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Coerce
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(v.) To compel, force.
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Craven
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(adj.) Cowardly; (n.) A coward.
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Culinary
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(adj.) Of or related to cooking or the kitchen.
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Delete
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(v.) To erase, wipe out, cut out.
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Demise
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(n.) A death, especially of a person in a lofty position.
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Exhilarate
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(v.) 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 seen.
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Harass
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(v.) To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks.
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Inclement
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(adj.) Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action.
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Muse
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(v.) To think about in a dreamy way, ponder.
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Negligible
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(adj.) So unimportant that it can be disregarded.
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Perpetuate
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(v.) To make permanent or long lasting.
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Precedent
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(n.) An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action.
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Punitive
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(adj.) 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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(adj.) Refined in manner or style, suave.
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