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43 Cards in this Set

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alloy
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior (verb)
appropriate
to take for one's own use; confiscate (verb)
arrest
to suspend; to engage to hold one's attention (verb)
august
majestic; venerable (adj)
bent
learning, inclination; proclivity, tendency (noun)
broach
to bring up or announce; to begin to talk about (verb)
cardinal
of great importance (adj)
color
to change as if by dyeing, to distort, gloss or affect (verb)
damp
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound (verb)
die
a part of a machine that punches shaped holes or cuts (noun)
essay
to test or try; to attempt or experiment (verb)
exact
to demand, call for, require or take (verb)
flag
to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline (verb)
flip
sarcastic, impertinent (adj)
ford
to wade across the shallow part of a ricer or stream (verb)
grouse
to complain or grumble (verb)
guy
a cord or cable used to steady or guide something (noun)
intimate
to imply, suggest, or insinuate (verb)
list
to tilt or lean to one side (verb)
lumber
to move heavily and clumsily (verb)
milk
to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of (verb)
mince
to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully also, to take tiny steps or tiptoe (verb)
nice
exacting; fastidious; extremely; even excessively precise (adj)
obtain
to be established, accepted , or customary (verb)
occult
hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension (adj)
pedestrian
commonplace, trite, unremarkable; quotidian (adj)
pied
multicolored, usually in blotches or patches (adj)
pine
to lose vigor (as through grief) to yearn (verb)
plastic
moldable; pliable; not rigid (adj)
prize
to pry; to press or force with a lever something taken by force, spoils (verb/noun)
rail
to complain about bitterly (verb)
rent
torn, past of rend; an opening or tear caused by such (adj/noun)
quail
to lose courage, to become frightened (verb)
qualify
to limit (verb)
sap
to enervate or weaken the vitality of (verb)
scurvy
contemptible; despicable (adj)
singular
exceptional, unusual, odd (adj)
steep
to saturate or completely soak (verb)
strut
the supporting structural cross-part of a wing (noun)
table
to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration (verb)
tender
to proffer or offer, to give (verb)
waffle
to equivocate, to change one's position (verb)
wag
wit, joker (noun)