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21 Cards in this Set
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Atone (v.)
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1) To make up for
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Bondage (n.)
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1) Slavery
2) Any state of being bound or held down |
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Credible (adj.)
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1) Believable
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Defray (v.)
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1) To pay for
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Diligent (adj.)
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1) Hardworking, industrious, not lazy
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Doleful (adj.)
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1) Sad, dreary
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Ghastly (adj.)
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1) Frightful, horrible
2) Deathly pale |
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Hamper (v.)
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1) To hold back
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Hew (v.)
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1) To shape or cut down with an axe
2) To hold to |
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Impoverished (adj.)
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1) Poor, in a state of poverty
2) Depleted |
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Incessant (adj.)
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1) Never stopping, going on all the time
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Intricate (adj.)
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1) Complicated, difficult to understand
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Lucid (adj.)
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1) Easy to understandm clear
2) Rational, sane |
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Posthumous (adj.)
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1) Occuring or published after death
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Prim (adj.)
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1) Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal
2) Prudish |
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Sardonic (adj.)
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1) Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
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Superfluous (adj.)
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1) Exceeding what is sufficient or required
2) Excess |
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Supplant (v.)
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1) To take the placeof, supersede
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Taunt (v.)
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1) To jeer at, mock
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Taunt (n.)
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1) An insulting or mocking remark
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Tenacious (adj.)
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1) Holding together firmly
2) Persistant |