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15 Cards in this Set
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14. Immutable
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Not subject or susceptible to change.
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6. Disparage
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To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle. To reduce in esteem or rank.
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15. Remorse
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anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds; bitter regret. Obsolete. Compassion.
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2. Fortuitous
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Happening by accident or chance.
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5. Stanza
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One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines. A fixed number of lines of a verse forming a unit of a poem.
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11. Conciliatory
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1. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease. 2. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior. 3. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile.
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7. Paucity
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Smallness of number; fewness. Scarcity.
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4. Indolent
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Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy, conducive to inactivity or laziness, Causing little or no pain, Slow to heal, grow, or develop.
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8. Hypothetical
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Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis.
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10. Relegate
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1. To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition. 2. To assign to a particular class or category; classify. 3. To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action. 4. To send to a place of exile; banish.
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1. Extol
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To praise highly; exalt.
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12. Relevant
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Having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand.
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9. Animate
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1. To give life to; fill with life. 2. To impart interest or zest to; enliven. 3. To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution; encourage. 4. To inspire to action; prompt. 5. To impart motion or activity to. 6. To make, design, or produce (a cartoon, for example) so as to create the illusion of motion. adj. 1. Possessing life; living. 2. Of or relating to animal life as distinct from plant life. 3. Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for living things.
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3. Caustic
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Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action. Corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting, causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion.
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13. Alleviate
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make (pain, for example) more bearable.
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