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22 Cards in this Set
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Fret (v.)
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Worried anxious |
To be calm |
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Retrospective (n.)
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Dealing with or looking back at past situations |
Concerned with the future. Prospective |
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Antiseptic
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To clean or pure, neat |
To color |
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Flapper
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Woman in 1920 who flaunted herself |
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Banshee
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Female spirit whose wailing warns of impending death in a house |
To warn of life |
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Convulsion
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A sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body caused by a muscle contraction. Epilepsy |
The act of being nonviolent |
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Ingenuity
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Quality of being clever, original, and inventive |
To be uncreative |
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Namby-pamby |
Lacking energy, strength, or courage. |
To be strong |
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Arroyo |
A creek, stream, or channel |
To be closed |
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Harebrained |
Rash, ill-judged |
The act of being wise |
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Saguaro |
A giant cactus |
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Sluice |
Device that controls the force of water. |
To trickle |
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Addle (v.) |
1)Confuse 2)Make unable to think clearly |
The act of enlightening |
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Sashayed
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Walk in an exaggerated but casual manner. (Hips and shoulders) |
To run |
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Wheedle |
To coax or persuade someone to do, say, or give up something. |
To force or bully |
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Pigeonhole (v.)
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Deposit (a document) into a cubicle. |
To defend |
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Gestate
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1) carry a fetus in the wrong from conception to birth "Humans gestate for about nine months" 2) develop over a long period of time |
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Warmonger
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Political leader who encourages aggression to other nations or groups. |
To be soft and kind |
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Perversion |
1) Alteration of something from its original form. Distortion, misrepresentation, corruption. 2) sexual behavior or desire that is considered unacceptable |
To be decent |
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Diminutive |
Extremely it unusually small |
To be big or tall |
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Soph |
Wise- philosopher |
To be unwise |
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Vince, vic |
victory-to conquer |
To surrender. |
