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23 Cards in this Set
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Adept (adj.)
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1) Thoroughly skilled
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Adept (n.)
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1) An expert
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Aspire (v.)
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1) To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly
2) To ascend |
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Bleak (adj.)
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1) Bare, dreary, dismal
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Chide (v.)
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1) To blame, scold
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Despicable (adj.)
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1) Worthy of scorn, contemptible
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Diminutive (adj.)
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1) Small, smaller than most others of the same type
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Emancipate (v.)
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1) To free from slavery
2) To release or liberate |
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Erroneous (adj.)
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1) Incorrect, containing mistakes
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Exploit (v.)
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1) To make use of, develop
2) To make improper use of for personal profit |
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Exploit (n.)
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1) A feat, deed
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Extemporaneous (adj.)
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1) Made or delivered on the spur of the moment
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Impair (v.)
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1) To make imperfect, damage, harm
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Invincible (adj.)
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1) Not able to be defeated, unbeatable
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Languid (adj.)
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1) Drooping
2) Without energy, sluggish |
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Mire (n.)
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1) Mud
2) Wet, swampy ground 3) A tough situation |
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Mire (v.)
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1) To get stuck
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Obstrusive (adj.)
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1) Forward
2) Undesirably prominent 3) Thrust out |
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Preamble (n.)
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1) An introduction to a speech or piece of writing
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Render (v.)
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1) To cause to become
2) To perform 3) To deliver officially 4) To process, extract |
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Rugged (adj.)
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1) Rough, irregular
2) Severe, stern 3) Strong 4) Stormy |
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Skeptical (adj.)
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1) Inclined to doubt, slow to accept as true
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Slipshod (adj.)
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1) Untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.
2) Careless, sloppy |