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30 Cards in this Set
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Fortunately |
By good fortune |
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Impetuous |
Acting without care or thought |
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Virtual |
Not real |
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Beguile |
To influence by trickery or flattery, mislead, delude To take away from by cheating or deceiving (to beguile of money) |
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Gibe |
Sneer |
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Abhorrent |
Disgusting |
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Abhor |
Dislike intensely |
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Bohemian life |
Unconventional life, a socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts |
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Tremor |
Shakes of limbs uncontrollable |
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Paralysis |
Unmoving of the body due to trauma or fear |
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Surveillance |
Watching somebody, observation for security purpose |
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Hinder/ hindrance |
Obstacles |
No assist |
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Paraffin |
Stuff candles are made of |
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Keen |
Sharp, interested. Im keen on you. |
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Embellished |
Decorated |
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to interrogate |
to ask questions, to question a prisoner |
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marginal |
minor and not important; not central. |
marginal error |
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to prise |
to force something open |
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epitaph |
writing on a grave or tomb, dedication to a deceased person |
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to entice (enticing) |
attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage |
enticing smell from the kitchen |
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pliable |
easily flexible, bends easily |
pliable minds, pliable material |
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decrepit |
worn out or ruined because of age or neglect. |
a decrepit old building |
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dejected |
distressed, depressed |
sat with a dejected look |
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coincide |
happen at the same time |
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erect |
rigidly upright or straight |
to stand erect and unmoving |
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spite, to spite |
a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone. deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone). |
she did it to spite the teacher |
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forgery |
Forgery is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents with the intent to deceive for the sake of altering the public perception, or to earn profit by selling the forged item. |
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chaos |
complete disorder and confusion |
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ruse |
a trick, stratagem, or artifice |
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manslaughter |
murder |
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