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40 Cards in this Set
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Retard |
(v.) To slow down, restrain, impede |
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Available |
(adj.) Ready for use, at hand |
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Cater` |
(v.) To satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant; To supply food and service |
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Customary |
(adj.) Usual, expected, routine |
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Plague |
(n.) A widespread deadly disease, calamity, or evil; (v.) To pester or annoy constantly |
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Indispensable |
(adj.) Absolutely necessary, not to be neglected, essential, crucial, vital |
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Transparent |
(adj.) Easy to see through or understand |
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Dissuade |
(v.) To discourage, talk out of doing something |
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Lubricate |
(v.) To make slippery or smooth; To apply oil; To reduce friction |
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Mutual |
(adj.) Shared or felt in common by two or more; Reciprocal |
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Hazard |
(n.) An unavoidable danger or risk; (v.) To expose to danger or harm |
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Homicide |
(n.) The killing of one person by another; Murder; Manslaughter |
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Pelt |
(v.) To throw a stream of things; To strike successively |
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Firebrand |
(n.) A person who stirs up trouble or incites a revolt; A troublemaker |
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Indignant |
(adj.) Filled with anger or resentment over something |
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Regime |
(n.) A government in power; A form or system of rule or management; A period of rule |
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Unscathed |
(adj.) Unhurt, intact, unimpaired, uninjured |
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Entrepreneur |
(n.) A risk-taker who has the skills and initiative to establish a business |
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Poised |
(adj.) Balanced, suspended; Calm, controlled; Ready for action |
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Indifference |
(n.) A lack of interest or concern |
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Peevish |
easily irritated or annoyed |
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Yearn |
to desire strongly or persistently |
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Unique |
Being the only one of its kind |
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Culminate |
to reach a final or climatic stage |
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Luster |
the quality of giving off,light, brightness, glitter |
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Oration |
an elaborate or formal public speech |
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Induldge |
to take part in pleasure |
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Animated |
very active, lively; full of life; moved to action |
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Upright |
Good and Honest; vertical or straight, as in posture or position; in an upright position |
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Seethe |
to be violently excited or agitated; to be excited or disturbed |
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Literate |
able to read and write |
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Brood |
the young of certain animals, especially birds; the children in one family; to think moodily or anxiously about something |
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Drone |
an idle person who lives off of others, a loafer; to speak dull, a flat tone |
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Loom |
a hand-operated machine for weaving fabrics; to come into view as a massive, distorted or distinct image |
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Singe |
a slight surface burn, a scorch; to burn slightly, to burn at the edges |
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Verify |
to prove to be true with evidence; to confirm |
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Miscellaneous |
consisting of different diverse things, having multiple varied qualities |
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Downright |
absolute, complete, out and out, straight forward, thoroughly or completely |
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Ingredient |
one of the materials in mixture, recipe, or formula |
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Goad |
Something that encourages, urges or drives, to encourage |
