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51 Cards in this Set
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alloy v.
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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appropriate v.
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to take for one's own use
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arrest v.
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to engage, holding's someone attention
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august adj.
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majestic, venerable
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bent n.
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leaning
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broach v.
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bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook v.
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to tolerate, endure
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cardinal adj.
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major
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chauvinist n.
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a blindly dovoted patriot
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consequential adj.
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pompous, logically foloowing
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damp v.
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check to vibration of sound,
diminish the intensity |
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die n.
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a tool for shaping
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essay v.
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to test or try
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exact v.
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to demand, call for, require
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fell v.
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to cause to fall by striking
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fell v.
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inhumanly cruel
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flag v.
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to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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flip adj.
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sarcastic
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ford v.
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse v.
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to complain
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guy n./v.
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a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide.
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intimate v.
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to imply, suggest
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list v.
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to tilt or clean to one side
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lumber v.
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to move heavily and clumsily
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meet adj.
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fitting, proper
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milk v.
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to exploit, to squeeze
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mince v.
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pronouce or speak affectedly, to take tiny steps
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nice adj.
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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain adj.
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to be established, accepted
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occult adj.
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hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian adj.
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commonplace, unremarkable
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pied adj.
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multicolored
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pine v.
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to lose vigor, to yearn
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plastic adj.
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moldable, pliable, not rigid
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pluck n.
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courage, spunk, fortitude
Churchill's speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war. |
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prize v.
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to pry, to press or force with a lever.
The information was prized from him. |
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rail v.
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to complain about bitterly.
Early American progressives railed against the railroad barons. |
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rent v.
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torn, past of rend
an opening or tear: a large rent in the fabric |
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quail v.
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to lose courage, turn frightened.
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qualify v.
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to limit
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sap v.
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to enervate
That race sapped my strength |
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sap n.
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a fool or nitwit
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scurvy adj.
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comtemptible
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singular adj.
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exeptional, odd.
He was singularly well suited for the job. |
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stand n.
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a group of trees
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steep v.
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to saturate or completely soak, as in to let the tea bag steep: She was steeped in esoteric knowledge.
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strut n.
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the supporting structral cross- part of a wing
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table v.
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to remove from consideration. They tabled the motion an will consider it again later.
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tender v.
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to proffer or offer.
He tendered his resignation. |
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waffle v.
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to equivocate
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wag n.
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wit, joker.
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