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30 Cards in this Set
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Finite |
having limits or bounds |
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Lunatic |
insane person |
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Drudgery |
hard, menial or dull work |
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Grandiose |
impressive or magnificent in appearance or style |
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Lenient |
of punishment or a person in authority) permissive, merciful, or tolerant. |
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Carcass |
the dead body of an animal. |
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Subjugate |
bring under domination or control, especially by conquest. |
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Prohibition |
the action of forbidding something, especially by law. |
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Expulsion |
the action of depriving someone of membership in an organization. |
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Cognizant |
having knowledge or being aware of. |
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Preposterous |
contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous. |
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Coerce |
persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats."they were coerced into silence |
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Ludicrous |
so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous. |
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Demented |
suffering from dementia. |
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Mandate |
an official order or commission to do something. |
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Complaisant |
willing to please others; obliging; agreeable. |
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Tentative |
not certain or fixed; provisional. |
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Retrospective |
looking back on or dealing with past events or situations. |
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Deceive |
(of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. |
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Intuition |
the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning |
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Raucous |
making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise. |
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tenant |
a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord. |
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Apparition |
a ghost or ghostlike image of a person. |
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Decapitate |
cut off the head of (a person or animal). |
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Capitulate |
cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender. |
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Protagonist |
the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
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Exodus |
mass departure of people, especially emigrants. |
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Insignificant |
too small or unimportant to be worth consideration. |
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Acrimonious |
(typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter. |
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Menace |
person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger. |
