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19 Cards in this Set
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Augment |
Augmenting your understanding
To add to or to increase |
larger, abstract |
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Conciliatory |
Overcome hostility with a gesture
Intending to reconcile or to overcome anger or difference |
People cannot be this |
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Connubial |
Teamwork between married people
Relating to the relationship between married people |
Connubial bliss |
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Consternation |
Mild anxiety
Surprised tinged with anxiety or dismay |
To my consternation Forgot to study for a quiz Oh crap |
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Dregs |
Something that settles out of a liquid or the worst and useless part |
Dregs of society |
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Exonerate |
To declare someone or something blameless |
Serious or simple Always implies mistake |
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Explicit |
Exact directions |
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Explicit |
Exact directions |
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Trenchant |
Something strong, powerful, effective (negative) |
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Venerate |
Very intense positive respect |
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Garret |
Uncomfortable, unfurnished, unpleasant
An attic apartment |
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Goad |
Daring in a negative way Bet ya can't |
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Grovel |
To beg pathetically |
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Imbrue |
To stain with blood |
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Imprecate |
Wishing evil upon someone |
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Impregnable |
Safe against _________ |
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Indignant |
Type of anger (not huge) |
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Manacle |
Handcuffs |
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Presentiment |
Feeling that something big is about to happen |
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