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20 Cards in this Set
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To make larger, increase.
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Augment
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Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored.
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Dour
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Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
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Insidious
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Wealthy, luxurious; ample, grandiose
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Opulent
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Word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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Verbatim
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Peaceful, friendly
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Amicable
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Hasty, not thorough
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Benevolent
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A wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face.
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Grimace
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Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance.
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Impervious
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Extremely careful; particular about details.
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Meticulous
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An enemy, opponent.
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Adversary
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To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to.
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Exhilirate
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Plowed by not seeded; inactive; (n.) land left unseeded, (v.) to plow but not seed
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Fallow
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So unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Negligible
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A temporary stay (v.) to stay for a time
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Sojourn
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To find out
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Ascertain
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To erase, obliterate, destroy
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Expunge
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Spiteful, showing ill will
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Malevolent
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Knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
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Omniscient
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Proud and contemptuous, showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
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Supercilious
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