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32 Cards in this Set
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What is the meaning of chagrin
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to be disapointed or embarassed
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permeate
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to filter through
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enervate
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to weaken
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abate
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to decrease or decline
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ardor
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a passion for to love
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flourish
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to grow and to thrive
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corsair
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a pirate
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pretext
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text before a work of literature
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tinge
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tint
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obliterate
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to completly destroy
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evoke
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to bring up as in a coversation
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skirt
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to go around in order to avoid danger
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ignominy
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deep ersonal humiliation
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volition
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the act of making a decision
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termerity
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excessive confidence and boldness
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alacrity
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promptess in response
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fathom
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to probe and take in suroundings
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stipulate
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to make an agrement
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seethe
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find
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intontation
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something that is toned
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harangue
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a public speech
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unison
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two or more notes sharing the same pitch
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saunter
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to walk about in an idle manner
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exasperate
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to excite the anger of
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sidle
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to go or move to one side
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convey
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to bear from one place to an other
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penchant
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a story continued in inclatation
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comb
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to look thruogh with great care
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incur
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to suffer something such as somebody’s anger or a financial loss as a result of an action
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decipher
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to establish what a word or piece of writing says when it is difficult or almost impossible to read
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remorse
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a storng feeling of guilt
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seethe
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to be angry at someone
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