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28 Cards in this Set
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Amiable
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Friendly, good-natured
Marly, whose sense of houmor and good spirts never fail, is an amiable companion |
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Blight
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A disease that cuses plants to wihter and die, a condition of disease or ruin; (v)to destroy, ruin
Duth elm disease was a blight that forever changed the look of my neiborhood; (v) She recived several rejections but was determinded not to let them blight her hopes to college |
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Compliant
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Willing to do what someone else wants; obedient
A compliant child is to discipline, even when in an unfair environment |
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Leeway
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Extra space for moving along a certian route; allowance for mistakes or inaccuracies; margin of error
Experienced planners allow leeway of a week or so in case a project runs into snags or delays |
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Limber
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Flexible; (v) to cause to become flexible
Dancers work hard to develop limber bodies;(v) Runner limber up before a race |
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Partisan
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A strong supporter of a person; (adj)Strongly supporting one side only
The mayoral candidate is a strong partisan of term limits; (adj) Partisan hometown fans can be hostile to those from out of town |
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Vacate
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To go away from, leave empty, avoid
We have a lot of cleaning up to do before we vacate the apartment at the end of the month |
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Vagabond
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An idle wanderer; a tramp; (adj) Wanderring or irresponsible
The vagabond carred his few belonggings in a shabby cardboard suitcase The vagabond life interestes some people, but it doesnt appeal to me |
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Culprit
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A person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some misconduct; an offender
Thanks to their efficient tracking methods, the police were able to catch the culprit red-handed |
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Expend
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To pay out, spend; to use up
The most expeireanced long-distance runners learn not to expend their energy to soon |
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Illict
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Not priemitted, unlawful, improper
Students will be suspended for one week if they bring illict materials to school |
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Immerse
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To plunge or dip into fluid; involve deeply
I find it easier to immerse my entire body in a swimming pool than try to get used to the water slowly |
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Persevere
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To keep doing something to inspite the difficulties ; to refuse to quit even when the going is tough
The pacient needs to persevere with the painful exercises in order to walk normal again |
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Prevaricate
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To lie, tell an untruth; to mislead on purpose
His reputain had suffered because of his unfortunate tendency to prevaricate |
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Relish
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Enjoyment or satifaction; (v)To enjoy greatly
She opened the tiny box with relish knowing that it contained jewelry;(v) Now that i ahve learned about Japan in class, i relish the chance to travel there |
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Writhe
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To make twisting or turning movements in away that suggests pain or struggle
Its so sad to see an injured bird writhe in pain |
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Affluence
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Wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty
Education, work and very strong desireto succeed can rasie a person from poverty to affluenace |
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Cringe
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To shrink back or hide in fear
my father told me to be brave and not cringe when the doctor vaccinated me |
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Immobile
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Not moveable; not moving
Models must remain immobile for a long time in orderfor an artist to draw them accurately |
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Jovial
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Good humored; merry
My jovial friend is very entertaining ans is always the life of the party |
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Nimble
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Quick and skillful; clever
As the nimble climber scaled Mount Everest, it looked as if she was barley exerting any enery at all |
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Onset
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The beggining, start; an attack
The onset of the heavy storm, frightend people ran to find shelter |
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Perishable
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Likely to spoil or decay
You must keep perishable foods chiled or they will spoil |
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Sinister
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Appering evil or dangerous; threading evil or harm
A sinister message left on our answering machine made us wonder if we were safe at home |
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Avenge
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To get revenge for
in Shakespeare Hamlet, the tittle character vows to avenge his father's death |
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Deluge
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A great flood, a heavy full or rain;(v) to flood;
Owners are hoping this summer will bring a deluge of visitors to there new theme park in minneapolis; (v) The downpoar torrential deluged the entire town |
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Logical
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reasonable
Are parents are constanly encouraging us to look for logica soulitions for problems |
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Outright
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complete;(adj) completey
When the teacher asked her why she did not do her homework, she told an outright lie;(adj) Even though they have already heard it several times, the hilarious joke made them laugh outright |
