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160 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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(v) to continue or advise against something to scold mildly; to remind of a duty.
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Breach
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(n) an opening, a gap, a violation, or infraction. (v) to create an opening, break through.
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Brigand
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(n) a bandit.
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Circumspect
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(adj) careful cautious.
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Commandeer
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(v) to seize for military or official use.
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Cumbersome
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(adj) clumsy, hard to handle slow moving.
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Deadlock
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(n) a complete standstill (v) to bring to a standstill.
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Debris
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(n) scattered fragments, wreckage.
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Diffuse
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(v) to spread or scatter freely or widely (adj) wordy long-winded, or unfocused scattered or widely spread.
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Dilemma
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(n) a difficult or a perplexing situation or problem.
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Efface
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(v) to wipe out; keep oneself from being noticed.
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Muddle
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(v) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n) a hopeless mess.
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Opinionated
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(adj) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas; having a closed mind.
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Perennial
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(adj) lasting for a lond time (n) a plant thay lives for many years.
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Predispose
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(v) to incline to before hand.
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Relinquish
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(v) to let go, give up.
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Salvage
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(v) to save from a fire or shipwreck (n) property thus saved.
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Spasmodic
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(adj) sudden and violent but breif, fitful.
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Spurious
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(adj) not genuine, not true, not valid.
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Unbridled
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(adj) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint.
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Adjourn
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(v) to stop procceedings for a time, to move to another place.
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Alien
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(n) a citizen of another country; (adj) foreign, strange.
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Comely
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(adj) having a pleasing appearence.
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Compensate
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(v) to make up for, to repay for services.
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Dissolute
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(adj) loose in one's morals or behavior.
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Erratic
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(adj) not regular or consistant; different from what is ordinarily expected, undependable.
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Expulsion
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(n) the process of driving or forcing out.
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Faint
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(n) a deliberately deceptive movement, a pretense (v) to make a deceptive movement, a pretense of.
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Fodder
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(n) food for horses or cattle, raw material for a designated purpose.
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Fortify
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(v) to strenghen or build up.
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Illegible
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(adj) difficult or impossible to read.
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Jeer
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(v) to make fun of rudely or unkindly (n) rude remark
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Lucrative
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(adj) bringing in money, profitable.
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Mediocre
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(adj) average, ordinary, undistinguished.
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Proliferate
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(v) to reproduce, increase, spread rapidly.
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Subjugate
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(v) to conquer by force, bring under complete control.
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Sully
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(v) to soll, stain, tarnish, derile, besmerch.
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Tantalize
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(v) to tease, torment by teasing.
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Terse
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(adj) brief and to the point.
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Unflinching
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(adj) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back.
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Abridge
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(v) to make shorter.
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Adherent
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(n) a follower, supporter (adj) attached sticking to.
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Altercation
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(n) an angry argument.
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Cherubic
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(adj) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent.
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Condone
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(v) to pardone or overlook.
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Dissent
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(v) to disagree (n) disagreement.
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Eminent
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(adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting.
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Exorcise
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(v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing or oppressive.
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Fabricate
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(v) to make, manufacture, to make up, invent.
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Irate
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(adj) angry.
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Marauder
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(n) a raider, a pluderer.
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Obesity
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(n) extreme fatness
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Pauper
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(n) an extreamly poor person.
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Pilfer
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(v) to seal in small amounts/ quantaties.
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Rift
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(n) a split, break, breach
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Sembalance
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(n) a likeness, an outward apperance, an apparition.
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Surmount
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(v) to overcome, rise above.
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Terminate
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(v) to bring to an end.
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Trite
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(adj) commonplace, overused, stale.
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Usurp
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(v) to size and hold a position by force or without right.
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Abscond
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(v) to run off and hide.
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Access
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(n) approach or admittance to places, personas, things, an increase (v) to get at obtain.
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Anarchy
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(n) a lack of a goverment and law, confusion.
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Auspicious
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(adj) favorable, fortunate.
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Biased
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(adj) favoring one side unduty, prejudiced.
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Daunt
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(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate to dishearten, discourage.
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Disentangle
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(v) to free from tangles or complications.
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Fated
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(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune.
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Arduous
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(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort.
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Hoodwink
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(v) to mislead by a trick, deceive.
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Inanimate
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(adj) not having life, without energy or spirit.
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Incinerate
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(v) to burn to ashes.
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Intrepid
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(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable.
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Larceny
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(n) theft.
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Pliant
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(adj) bending readily, easily, influenced.
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Pompous
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(adj) overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately.
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Precipice
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(n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.
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Rectify
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(v) to make right, correct.
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Reprieve
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(n) a temorary relief or delay (v) to grant a postponment.
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Revile
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(v) to attack with words, bad names.
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Accomplice
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(n) a person who takes part in a crime.
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Annihilate
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(v) to destroy completely.
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Arbitrary
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(adj) unreasonable, based on one's own wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness.
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Brazen
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(adj) made of brass, shameless, impudent.
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Catalyst
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(n) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction, any agent that causes change.
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Exodus
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(n) a large-scale departure or flight.
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Facilitate
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(v) to make eaisier, assist.
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Incorrigible
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(adj) not able to be corrected, beyond control.
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Latent
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(adj) hidden, present but not realized.
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Militant
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(adj) given to fighting, active and agressive in support of a cause; (n) activist.
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Morose
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(adj) having a gloomy or sullen manner, not friendly or sociable.
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Opaque
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(adj) not letting light through, not clear or lucid.
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Paramount
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(adj) chief in importance, above all others.
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Prattle
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(v) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way. (n) baby talk.
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Rebut
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(v) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion, to refute.
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Reprimand
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(v) to scold, find fault with (n) a rebuke.
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Servitude
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(n) slavery, forced labor
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Slapdash
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(adj) careless and hasty.
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Stagnant
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(adj) not running or flowing, foul from standing still; inactive sluggish, dull.
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Succumb
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(v) to give away to supeirior force, yeild.
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Tenacious
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(adj.) holding fast together firmly, persistent
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Atone
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(v) To make up for
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Impoverished
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(adj.) poor in a state of poverty, depleted
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Intricate
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(adj.) complicated difficult, to understand
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Taunt
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(v) to jeer at, mock; (n) an insulting or mocking remark.
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Supplant
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(v) to take the picture of supersede
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Incessant
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(adj.) never stopping, going all the time
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Defray
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(v) to pay for
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Bondage
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(n) slavery, any state of being bound or held down.
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Credible
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(adj.) believable
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Diligent
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(adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
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Doleful
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(adj.) sad, dreary.
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Ghastly
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(adj.) frightful, horrible, deathly pale
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Hamper
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(v) to hold back
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Hew
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(v) to shape or cut down with an axe, to hold to
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Posthumous
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(adj.) occurring or published after death.
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Lucid
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(adj.) easy to understand, clear, sane.
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Prim
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(adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, formal.
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Sardonic
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(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic.
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Superfluous
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(adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess.
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Adieu
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(n) "farewell" goodbye. a farewell.
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Advent
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(n) an arrival, a coming into place or view.
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Apex
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(n) the highest point or tip.
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Assimilate
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(v) to absorb fully or make ones own to adopt as one own; to adapt fully.
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Bogus
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(adj) false, counterfeit.
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Exorbitant
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(adj) untreasonably high, excessive.
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Interim
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(n) the time between (adj) temporary, comming between, two points in time.
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Inundate
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(v) to flood, to overflow, to overwhelm by numbers or size.
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Malign
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(v) to speak evil of slander (adj) evil.
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Meander
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(v) to wander about, wind about (n) a sharp turn or trait.
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Metropolis
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(n) a large city, the chief city of an area.
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Momentous
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(adj) very important.
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Obstreperous
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(adj) noisy, unruly, disorderly.
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Pensive
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(adj) thoughtful, melancholy.
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Perilous
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(adj) dangerous.
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Shoddy
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(adj) of poor quality, characterized inferior, dishonest workmanship.
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Sprightly
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(adj) lively, full of life, spicy, flaverful.
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Surly
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(adj) angry, bad-tempered, rude.
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Tirade
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(n) a long angry speech, usually very critical.
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Vagrant
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(n) an idle wonderer tramp (adj) wondering aimlessly.
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Assurance
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(n) a pledge; freedom from doubt. Self confidence.
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Asylum
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(n) an institution for care of children, elderly people; a place of safety.
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Console
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(v) to comfort; (n) the key board of an organ; a control pannel for an electrical or mechanical device.
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Dilate
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(v) to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon.
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Dross
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(n) refuse, waste products
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Dwindle
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(v) to lessen, diminish
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Flippant
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(adj) lacking in seriousnes, disrespectful, saucy
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Immunity
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(n) resistance to disease, freedom from some change or oblgation
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Institute
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(v) to establish, set up (n) an organization for the promotion of learning
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Liability
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(n) a debt, something disavantageous
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Preposterous
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(adj) reduculous, senseless
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Pugnacious
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(adj) quarrelsome, fond of fighting
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Rabid
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(adj) furious, violent, intense, unreasonably extream; mad, infected with rabies
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Realm
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(n) a kingdom, a religion or field of study
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Rejuvenate
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(v) to make young again, to renew
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Remunerate
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(v) to reward, to pay, reimburse
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Sparse
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(adj) meager, scant, scattered
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Sterling
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(adj) genuine, excellent, of standard quality
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Venture
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(n) a risky or daring understaking
(v) to expose to danger, to dare |
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Warp
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(v) to twist out of shape
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