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24 Cards in this Set
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Accost |
To greet first; to approach and speak to |
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Adroit |
Clever, skillful |
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Avid |
Enthusiastic |
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Cajole |
Coax, weedle |
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Enhance |
To make greater |
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Fabricate |
To make up a lie |
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Felon |
Criminal |
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Furtive |
Sly, stealthy, secret |
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Gesticulate |
To use lively gestures |
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Hapless |
Unlucky, unfortunate |
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Intrepid |
Courageous |
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Irate |
Angry, incensed |
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Laconic |
Concise, pithy; expressing much in few words |
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Nuance |
Shade of difference |
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Plethora |
Overabundance, excess |
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Pretext |
An excuse |
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Reticent |
Uncommunicative, silent |
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Rudimentary |
Basic, elementary |
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Throng |
Great number of people |
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Vigilant |
Alert |
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The sword of Damocles |
Any threatening danger |
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Pyrrhic victory |
An expensive conquest |
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A wet blanket |
Spoilsport |
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To beard the lion |
Defy an opponent in his home |
