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20 Cards in this Set
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malleable |
able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking |
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empathy |
the ability to understand or share feelings of another |
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vivisect |
cut (a body) open while still alive |
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commiserate |
express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize |
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conscripts |
enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services |
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ambiguous |
open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning |
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assimilation |
take in (information, ideas or culture) and understand fully |
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requisition |
an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials |
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lithe |
thin, supple, and graceful |
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contempt |
the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn |
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pissant |
an insignificant or contemptible person or thing |
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extricate |
free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty |
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sadism |
the tendency to derive pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering or humiliation on others |
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martyr |
a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs |
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maladroit |
ineffective or bungling; clumsy |
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hierarchy |
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority |
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queue |
chiefly a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed |
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supine |
offering no resistance |
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noncompliant |
failure to act in accordance with a wish or command |
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unstintingly |
given or giving without restraint; unsparing |
