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20 Cards in this Set
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Corroborate (3)
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to make certain
to confirm to support with evidence |
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Antithesis (2)
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contrast
a direct or exact opposite |
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Extenuating
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to make less serious
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Exorbitant
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highly excessive
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Disheveled
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untidy or disarranged
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Dilate
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to make wider/larger; to expand
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Diffident (2)
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lacking confidence in one's own ability
timid; shy |
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Discredit (4)
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to injure the credit/reputation
to show to be untrustworthy to disbelieve a reputation damager |
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Abbreviate (2)
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to make briefer
to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole |
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Acquiesce
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to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
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Dictate (4)
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to say aloud for another to record
to command an order/command a guiding principle or requirement |
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Demagogue
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a person who gains power by arousing the emotions, passions, or prejudices of peope
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Credulity
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willingness to believe or trust too readily
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Compromise (4)
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a settlement
to settle to make vulnerable to danger the result of a settlement |
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Asylum (2)
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an institution for the mentally ill
a secure retreat |
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Animosity
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ill will or resentment toward active hostility
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Encumberance (3)
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something burdensome or hindering
a dependent person a claim on property |
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Entangle (2)
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to confuse
to intertwine/tangle |
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Entreat
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to ask earnestly; to beg
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Equivocal
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the possibility of several different meanings
of doubtful nature uncertain/questionable |
