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20 Cards in this Set
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adjourn |
to stop proceedings for a time/ to move to another place |
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alien |
a citizen of another country/ foreign/ strange cutsoms |
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comely |
having a pleasing appearance |
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compensate |
to make up for/ to repay services |
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dissolute
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loose in one's morals or behavior |
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erratic |
not regular or consistent/ different from what is expected/ undependable |
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expulsion |
the process of forcing out/ driving out |
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feint |
a deliberately deceptive movement/ a pretense to make a deceptive movement |
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fodder |
food for horses or cattle/ raw material for a designed purpose |
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fortify |
to strengthen/ build up |
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illegible |
difficult or impossible to read |
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jeer |
to make fun of rudely or unkindly/ a rude remark |
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lucrative |
bringing in money/ profitable |
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mediocre |
average/ ordinary/ undistinguished |
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proliferate |
to reproduce, increase, or spread easily |
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subjugate |
to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
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sully |
to soil, stain, tarnish, defile |
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tantalize |
to test, torment by teasing |
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terse |
brief and to the point |
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unflinching |
firm/ showing no signs of fear |