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15 Cards in this Set
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Dogged (adjective)
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persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious.
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Intrigue (verb)
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to draw or capture.
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Cache (noun)
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secret place for hiding things.
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Conspicuous (adjective)
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easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable.
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Elusive (adjective)
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cleverly or skillfully evasive.
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Boisterous (adjective)
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rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained.
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Restive (adjective)
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impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
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Complacency (adjective)
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a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
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Gerrymander (verb)
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U.S. Politics. To subject (a state, county, etc.)
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Demarcation (noun)
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the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something.
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Distend (verb)
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to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic.
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Delineate (verb)
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to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially.
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Confines (noun)
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Usually, confines. A boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
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Impinge (verb)
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to make an impression; have an effect or impact.
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Omnipresent (adjective)
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present everywhere at the same time.
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