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15 Cards in this Set
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ACCEDE
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to become a party; to express approval or give consent: give in to a request or demand; approach; to enter upon an office position
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DOUGHTY
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marked by fearless resolution; valiant
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FULCRUM
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the support about which a lever turns; one that supplies capability for action; a part of an animal that serves as a hinge or support
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LIONIZE
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to treat as an object of great interest or importance; to show the sights of a place to
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MOIL
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to work hard:drudge; to be in continuous agitation: churn, swirl.
or -hard work; drudgery; confusion, turmoil |
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NATATORIAL
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of or relating to swimming; adapted to or characterized by swimming.
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NEOTERIC
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youthful; new, young
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OVERABUNDANCE
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exceeding or surpassing; excessive; to an excessive degree of quantity; profusion; affluence, wealth, relative degree of plentifulness
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PEJORATIVE
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n.- a pejorative word or phrase
adj.- having negative connotations; especially tending to disparage or belittle; depreciatory |
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SPECTRUM
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a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
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PERMEATE
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to spread or diffuse through; to pass through the pores or interstices of
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PRECEDE
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to surpass in rank, dignity, or importance; to be, go, or come ahead or in front of; to be earlier than; to cause to be preceded
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SPAVINED
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affected with spavin; old and decrepit; over the hill
spavin - a bony enlargement of the hock of a horse associated with strain |
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STOOP
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v.-to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward; to stand or wlak with a forward inclination
n.- an act of bending the body forward; a lowering of oneself |
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WHIMSY
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whim, caprice; the quality or state of being whimsical or fanciful; a fanciful or fantastic device, object, or creation, especially in writing or art
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