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60 Cards in this Set
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Solicit |
To ask for sth ( money, help) |
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Succinctly |
Expressed clearly in a few words |
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Expound |
To explain |
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Docile |
Easily trained/controlled/manipulated |
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Sagacious |
Wise; intelligent |
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Gossamer |
Fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs |
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Partiality |
A feeling of liking sth or someone very much |
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Intemperance |
Showing lack of control over yourself |
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Alteration |
A change to sth , make sth different |
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Neglect |
Not enough care/ attention; forget |
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Peevish |
Easily annoyed ( by unimportant things) |
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Atrocity |
Cruel and violent act |
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Debauch |
Immoral behaviour involving sex |
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Equivocal |
Not having clear intention |
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Excess |
More than necessary |
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Indivisable |
Cannot be divided |
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Inclination |
Tendency to be a certain way; or to like sth in particular |
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Unfathomable/to fathom |
Not understandable/ to grasp/ understand |
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Consummate |
To bring to a state of perfection |
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Jeopardize |
To put sth at risk, destroy |
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Conflagation |
Destructive fire ( usually extensive) |
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Apparition |
A supernatural appearance of person/thing ; ghost |
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Carcass |
Dead body of animal |
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Fancy |
Imagination or fantasy |
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Stupefy |
To put in a lowly diminutive state |
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Evince |
To show clearly that you have feeling or quality ; show evidence |
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Disposition |
Natural qualities of a person's character |
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Loathing |
Strong dislike / disgust |
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Odious |
Deserving /causing hatred |
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Pestilence |
A deadly epidemic disease |
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Endear |
To make dear , esteemed , beloved |
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Distinguishing |
Distinctive; characteristic; definitive feature |
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Aversion |
Strong feeling of dislike |
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Pertinacity |
Persistence |
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Loathsome |
Disgusting; revolting; repulsive; causes feeling of loathing |
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Dread |
To fear greatly; be reluctant , not look forward |
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Felon/felony |
An offense ( murder; burglary) of grave character |
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Chimera |
Mythological, fire breathing monster:lions head , goats head , sperents tail |
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Imperceptible |
Very slight, gradual, subtle, not perceived |
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Fanciful |
Showing fancy; not real |
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Wretched |
Unfortunate ( condition/circumstances) ; characterized by misery/sorrow |
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Contemptuous |
Showing contempt/disdain ; scornful ; disrespectful |
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Insufferable |
Not to be endured ; intolerable ; unbearable |
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Incarnate |
Embodied in flesh; given a bodily especially human form; personified quality/idea |
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Succumb |
To give way to superior force; yield |
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Exasperate |
Irritate/provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely to increase intensity/violence ( disease, pain, feelings) |
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Goad |
A stick with pointed or electrically charged end; anything that pricks/wounds |
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Deliberate |
On purpose |
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Crafty |
Skillful; cunning; deceitful; sly |
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Detested |
To feel hate; dislike; intensely |
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Inscrutability |
Incapable of being investigated, analyzed , scrutinized; not easily understood/mysterious |
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Exult |
To show/ feel lively/ triumphant joy ; to he highly jubilant |
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Stagger |
To walk/move unsteadily; falter as in Argument/ Fight |
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Awe |
Feeling of admiration/fear by sth powerful |
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Toil |
Hard continuous work; exhausting labor |
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Bodily |
Relating to the body |
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Craft |
An art requiring special skill |
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Gore |
Blood that is Shed; sth morbid disgusting |
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Seduce |
Perusuade into doing sexual activities; lead astray ( from duty) |
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Consign |
To hand over / deliver formally ; to transfer to another's custody charge |
