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15 Cards in this Set
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Assertive
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confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic:
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Perpetrator
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to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
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Jeopardy
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hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury
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Altercation
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a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy
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Ominous
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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Sodden
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soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
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Menacing(ly)
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to utter or direct a threat against; threaten.
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Caustic(ally)
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severely critical or sarcastic
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fervid(ly)
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heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.
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informant
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a person who informs or gives information; informer
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Noncommittal
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indefinite, vague, equivocal, evasive, guarded.
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Incentive
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something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
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scabrous
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indecent or scandalous
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nonchalant(ly)
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cool, calm, collected, composed.
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Travesty
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to make a travesty on; turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing.
to imitate grotesquely or absurdly. |
