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20 Cards in this Set
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animosity
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strong dislike; bitter hostility
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apathy
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a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest.
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apprehensive
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fearful or anxious, espescially about the future.
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commend
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to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of.
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compatible
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able to get along or work well together.
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condolence
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an expression of sympathy.
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consecrate
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to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose.
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decrepit
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old and feeble; worn-out, ruined.
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deride
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to ridicule, laugh at with contempt.
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ingenuous
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innocent, simple; frank, sincere.
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multifarious
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having great variety; numerous and diverse.
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obsolete
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out-of-date, no longer in use.
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omnivorous
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eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes.
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parsimonious
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stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small.
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quandary
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a state of perplexity or doubt.
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority.
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reprisal
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an injury done in return for injury.
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revel
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to take great pleasure in; a wild celebration.
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stultify
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to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on.
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suave
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smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses.
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