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20 Cards in this Set
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atone
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Def.- to make up for
Toby had to atone for the inappropriate action he took. |
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bondage
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def.-slavery; any state of being bound or held down.
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credible
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def.-believable
Because the man had a credible explanation, he was set free. |
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defray
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def.- to pay for
The teams sponsors helped to defray for the equipment. |
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diligent
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def. hardworking, industrious, not lazy
The diligent worker got extra pay |
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doleful
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def.- sad; dreary
You could tell by the doleful looks on the player's faces they had lost the game |
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ghastly
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def. frightful, horrible, deathly pale
The ghastly sight awaited us at the scene of the crime |
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hamper
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def. - to hold back
The consruction greatly hampered the travelers in their attempt at sight seeing |
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hew
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def.- to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to.
The men began anything to hew new tools out of the tree limbs. |
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impoverished
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def. poor in a state of poverty
After the war both nations poor and impoverished |
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incessant
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def.- never stopping
the boys incessant tapping was driving the other students insane |
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intricate
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def.- complicated
The intricate math equation confused everyone |
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lucid
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def- easy to understand; clear
Once the witnesses were lucid, the police began their questioning |
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posthumous
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def.- occuring after death
The book was finally pubished, but it was posthumous because the author was dead |
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prim
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def.- overly neat; precise
The boys room was shockingly prim and tidy. |
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sardonic
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def.-grimly moking
The old man always wrote sardonic articles about the election canidates |
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superfluous
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def.- exceeding what is sufficent
The girls room was superfluous and filled with unnessary objects |
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supplant
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def.- to take the place of
Cell phones rapily began to supplant pay phones. |
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taunt
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def.-to jeer at OR mocking remark
The teams began to taunt one another during the intense game |
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tenacious
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def.- holding together, persistent
The old man was tenacious in his efforts to capture the fish |
