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24 Cards in this Set
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Confront |
Come face to face with |
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Antipathy |
Dislike, distaste, hate |
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Servile |
Slavish, submissive |
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Volition |
Willpower, choice |
Violate/ hurting someone is a |
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Sojourn |
Temporary stay |
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To tighten one's belt |
To get set for bad times or poverty |
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Austere |
Simple, unadorned, hard |
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Felicitous |
Happy |
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Halcyon |
Peaceful, calm |
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Tenable |
Supportable, defendable |
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Superfluous |
Excessive, surplus |
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Off the beaten track |
Not usual, out of the ordinary |
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Motivate |
Inspire, stimulate, provoke |
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Rationalize |
Use or give a reason other than the real one |
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Therapy |
Healing or curing process |
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Nascent |
Beginning to exist or develop |
Sounds like recent |
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Iconoclast |
Imagine- breaker, attacker of beliefs |
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A square peg in a round hole |
An able man in the wrong job |
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Erudite |
Very scholarly |
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Phobia |
Persistent fear, strong dislike |
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Germane |
Appropriate, in close relationship to |
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Vertigo |
Dizziness |
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Conducive |
Leading, helpful |
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To upset the apple cart |
To overturn or disturb a plan or intention |
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