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94 Cards in this Set
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Apprehension |
Fearful expectations |
Exam fear |
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Ascendancy |
State where u have power over another |
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Ascribe |
Credit to |
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Amuck |
Uncontrolled state |
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Acme, culminate |
Highest point |
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Assail |
Polemic, attach by speech or writing |
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Assuage |
Make less severe |
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Avert |
Turn away or prevent |
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Avid |
Active Interest |
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Badger |
Trouble or annoy or to pester |
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Benign |
Kind or not dangerous to health |
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Besmirch |
Calumny denigrate |
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Cadaverius |
Thin,emaciated,gaunt |
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Cardinal |
Fundamental |
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Carping |
Criticism |
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Cavalier |
Haughty disregard of others |
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Coalesce |
Cause to grow together |
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Convival |
Describing a lively atmosphere |
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Cornucopia |
Glut, copious |
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Corroborate |
Espouse,bolster |
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Credulity |
Tendency to believe or ready to believe |
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Embroiled |
Involved in argument |
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Elude |
Escape understanding |
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Disparate |
Two things fundamentally different |
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Dog |
Pursue Relentless |
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Devolve |
Delicate to others or Grow worse |
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Dilapidated |
Tertible condition |
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Derogative |
Exressed as worthless |
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Decimation |
Killing large part of population |
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Colossal |
Prodigious, so great in size |
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Complacent |
Self satisfaction |
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Compound |
Make more intense or strong |
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Conniving |
Conspiracy |
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Consumate |
Skill, perfect im details |
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Illicit |
Forbidden by law |
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Immaterial |
Not Relevent |
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Glib |
Speaking with ease but without sincerety |
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Errant |
Itinerant,Guilty |
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Erratic |
Unpreditable |
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Boorish |
Rough and bad manner |
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Brusquely |
Direct manner |
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Exasperate |
Irritate intensly |
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Excruciating |
Extremely Painful |
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Exhort |
Encourage |
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Extenuating |
Less guilty |
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Finagle |
Achieve something by trickery |
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Fledgling |
Freshers |
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Flounder |
Behave awkwardly or have difficulties |
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Goad |
Force to do something by taunting |
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Grovel |
Show submission or fear |
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Hamstrung |
Make ineffective or powerless |
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Impeccable |
Without fault and error |
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Impending |
About to occur |
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Imcumbent |
Obligatory |
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Indict |
Formally charged or accuse of wrong doing |
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Indigenous |
Native,Endemic |
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Indignant |
Angry over percieved injustice |
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Inflammable |
Extremely Controvertial |
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Ingenuity |
The power of cretive imagination |
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Insipid |
Humdrum, dull and lacking of excitement |
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Irascribe |
Quickly get anger |
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Meander |
Errant |
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Melancholy |
Deep, Long lasting Sadness |
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Melee |
A wild, confusing fight |
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Qualm |
Uneasiness about the fitness of an action |
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Remiss |
Negligible in one's duty |
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Renege |
Fail to fulfill a promise |
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Leery |
Openly distrustful and unwiling to reveal |
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Malady |
Deasease |
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Miscreant |
Person who break the law |
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Moot |
Open to argument or debate, which is not decided yet |
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Obdurate |
Obstinate, jed |
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Sanctimonious |
Making a show of being pious |
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Scintillating |
Describe as a brilliant person |
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Screed |
Harangue |
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Serendipity |
An instance at which an accident and fortunate discovery is made |
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Imponderable |
Impossible to figure out |
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Inadvertent |
Happening by chance |
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Incense |
Make furious |
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Incessant |
Irritate continuously |
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Inkling |
Smattering, vague undeestsnding |
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Intermittent |
Stoping nd starting at irregular interval |
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Miscreant |
A person who break the law |
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Pastoral |
Relating to Country side in a pleasent sense |
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Patronize |
Good treat with disdain |
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Peevish |
Easily irritated or annoyed |
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Perpetuating |
Cause to continue |
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Replete |
Completely stocked or furnished with something |
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Travail |
Physical or mental energy |
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Tumult |
A state of chaos |
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Behooves |
Obligation |
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Discreet |
Careful to protect one speech |
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Evasive |
Ambiguous or avoiding from difficulty or commitment |
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Colossal |
So great in size,prodigious |
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