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52 Cards in this Set
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VERB MEAINING "RECIEVE
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ACCEPT
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USUALLY A PREPOSITION OR CONJUNCTION MEANING "BUT FOR' OR "OTHER THAN. I CAN ACCEPT ALL YOUR SUGGESTIONS EXCEPT THE LAST ONE.
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EXCEPT
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OPPOSED OR HOSTILE. DESCRIBES SUBJECTS OPPOSITION TO SOMTHING.
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AVERSE
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VERB MEAINING
"TO INFLUENCE" |
AFFECT
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NOUN MEAINING "RESULT"
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EFFECT
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INDRECT REFERENCE
Pauls's constant allusions to Shakespeare created the illusion that he was an intellectual |
ALLUSION
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DECEPTIVE APPEARANCE
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ILLUSION
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NAMES SOMETHING NOT COUNTABLE. THE AMOUNT OF FOOD VARIES.
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AMMOUNT
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NAMES MORE THAN ONE OF SOMETHING COUNTABLE.
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NUMBER
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"NERVOUS" OR "WORRIED" I'VE BEEN ANXIOUS ABOUT GETTING BLISTERS.
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ANXIOUS
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"LOOKING FORWARD" I AM EAGER TO GET NEW RUNNING SHOES.
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EAGER
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A NOUN MEANING "A LENGTH OF TIME" a while needs to be accompanied by a preposition, such as “for” (“I slept for a while”) or “ago” (“I left work a while ago”).
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A WHILE
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Awhile is an adverb, meaning “for a time,”
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AWHILE
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EDIT OR REMOVE FROM PUBLIC VEIW
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CENSOR
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FORMAL SCOLDING. LIEUTENANT WAS CENSURED BY MAJOR FOR CENSORING THE LETTER HER SOLDIERS WROTE HOME FROM BOOT CAMP
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CENSURED
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REFERS TO WEATHER
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CLIMATIC
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REFERS TO A DRAMATIC HIGH POINT COMES FROM CLIMAX.
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CLIMACTIC
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ADD TO COMPLEPTE OR REINFORCE IT. HER YELLOW BLOUSE COMPLEMENTED HER BLACK HAIR.
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COMPLEMENT
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MAKE A FLATTERING REMARK ABOUT IT . hE COMPLIMENTED HER ON HER HAIR (ALSO FREE) COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS
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COMPLIMENT
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A SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG
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CONSCIENCE
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AWARE OR AWAKE
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CONSCIOUS
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TO CHANGE HIS OR HER OPINION. FOLLOWED BY OR OR THAT.
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CONVINCE
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MOVE HIM OR HER TO ACTION. FOLLOWED BY TO
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PERSUADE
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DEVICE NOUN. CAN YOU DEVISE SOME DEVICE FOR GETTING HIS ATTIENTION?
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DEVICE
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DEVISE IS THE VERB
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DEVISE
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IMPARTIAL
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DISINTERESTED
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BORED OR LACKING INTEREST
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UNINTERESTED
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BECAUSE OF
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DUE TO
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EACH, EVERY
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WRITE EACH ONE OF US OR EVERY ONE OF NOT EACH AND EVERYONE OF US.
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BRING OUT OR CALL FORTH
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ELICIT
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UNLAWFUL
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ILLICIT
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STATED OUTRIGHT
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EXPLICIT- I LEFT EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS
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IMPLIED OR UNSTATED.
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IMPLICIT- WE HAD AN IMPLICIT UNDERSTANDING. I TRUST MARCIA IMPLICITLY.
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ADDITIONAL DISTANCE
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FARTHER
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ADDITIONAL TIME OR AMOUNT OF TIME
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FURTHER- I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS THIS ANY FURTHER.
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INDIVIDUAL COUNTABLE ITEMS
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FEWER-SKIM MILK HAS FEWER CALORIES THAN WHOLE MILK.
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GENERAL AMOUNTS
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LESS-WE HAVE LESS MILK THAN I THOUGHT.
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SHOW OFF
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FLAUNT- IF YOU HAVE A STYLE FLAUNT IT.
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SCORN OR DEFY TO MOCK OR SCOFF AT.
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FLOUT- HESTER PRYNNE FLOUTED CONVENTION AND PAID THE PRICE. Iranian women stand up in defiance, flout rules.
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adolescence is a stage (not is when a person is) between childhood and adulthood.
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is when
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socialism is a system in which (not is where) government owns the means of production.
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is where
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put or place
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LAY- WE COULD LAY THE TABLECLOTH IN THE SUN. LAY, LAID,
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RECLINE OR BE SITUATED
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LIE- THE TOWN LIES EAST OF THE REVER. LIE, LAY LAIN .
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MISLAY
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LOSE- DID YOU LOSE A BROWN GLOVE
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UNTESTRAINED OR NOT TIGHT.
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LOOSE ANN'S CANARY GOT LOOSE.
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COME BEFORE
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PRECEDE MY NAME PRECEDES YOURS IN THE ALPHABET.
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MOVE ON
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PROCEED. WE WERE TOLD TO PROCEED TO THE LIVING ROOM.
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PREJUDICED DO NOT DROP D FROM IT.
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PREJUDICED i AM GLAD THAT MY PARENTS WERE NOT PREDUDICED
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FOREMOST OR MAJOR CHIEF OFFICIAL. IN FINANCE CAPITAL SUM.
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PRINCIPAL
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RULE OR AXION
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PRINCIPLE HER PRINICIPAL REASONS FOR CONFESSING WERE HER PRINCIPLES OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
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SEXUALITY
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SENSUAL
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PLEASURE TO THE SENSES.
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SENSUOUS
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