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20 Cards in this Set
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adept
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(adj.) throughly skilled; (n.)an expert
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aspire
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(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend.
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bleak
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(adj.) bare, dreary dismal
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chide
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(v.) to blame; scold
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despicable
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(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible
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diminutive
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(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type
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emancipate
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(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate
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erroneous
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(adj.) incorrect; containing mistakes
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exploit
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(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit (n.) a feat, deed
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extemporaneous
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(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment
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impair
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(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm
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invincible
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(adj.) not able to defeat, unbeatable
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languid
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(adj.) dropping without energy, sluggish
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mire
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(n.) mud; wet swampy ground; a touch situation; (v.) to get stuck
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obtrusive
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(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent;thrust out
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render
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(v.) to cause to become; to preform;to deliver officially; to process, extract
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rugged
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(adj.) rough, irregular, sever; stern; strong; stormy
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preamble
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(n.) an introduction to a speech pr piece of writing
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skeptical
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(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
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slipshod
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(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits etc..;careless, sloppy
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