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18 Cards in this Set
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Elective
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an optional study; a course that a student may select from among alternatives.
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Conviction
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1. a fixed or firm belief.
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Quiver
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to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
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Bluff
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to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor.
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Scowled
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to have a gloomy or threatening look
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Elective
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Prosepective
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an optional study; a course that a student may select from among alternatives.
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My moms prosepective made me change my elective.
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Conviction
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Electricion
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1. a fixed or firm belief.
2. the act of convicting. |
The electricion had a different conviction then I did.
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Quiver
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Shiver
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to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
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I would shiver in the cold while my friend would shake or quiver some would say.
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Scowled
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Growled
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1. to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
2. to have a gloomy or threatening look |
When my dog growled, he would give me a scowled look.
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Portly
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rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
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Linger
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to continue to stay, delay leaving
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Sheepishly
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embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish. Like a sheep.
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Ferocity
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ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness
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Trudge
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a laborious or tiring walk; tramp. to walk, esp. laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps.
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