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60 Cards in this Set
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Indolence
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N. Tendency to avoid work.
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Wrest
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V. To twist away or pull away by force;to seize power; to extract by persistent.
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Propagate
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V. To produce offspring; to spread (an idea or belief)
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Contrition
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N. Remorse for wrongdoing; sorrow for ones sins.
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Stint
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V. To limit to a certain quantity, usually small
N. A limit; an assigned task; a specified amount of a time spent doing something |
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Abate
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V. To reduce in amount degree, or intensity; to decrease.
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Presumptuous
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Adj. Acting without permission or right; arrogant.
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Protract
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V. To draw out; to lengthen in time.
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Effete
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Adj. No longer able to produce worn out; lacking vigor or moral courage; decadent.
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Inure
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V. To accuston or habituate, usually to something undesirable.
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Panacea
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N. A supposed remedy for all diseases or problems a cure- all
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Fallible
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Adj. Capable or erring or making a mistake.
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Concerted
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Adj. A mutually agreed upon: done together.
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Vilify
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V. To abuse werbally, to speak badly or.
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Encroach
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V. To intrude gradually upon the property or rights of another.
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Innocuous
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Adj. Ahving no injurious or adverse affects; lacking impact.
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Abominable
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Adj. Detestable; horrid, totally unpleasant.
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Insular
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Adj. Having to do with islands or life on an island; isolated; narrow minded.
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Vegetate
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V. To grow or sprout as a plant does; to lead a momotonous, inactive life.
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Defile
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V. To spoil, to make disgusting.
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Enormity
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N. Outrageousness; vastness.
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Camaraderie
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N. The spirit or goodwill, loyalty, and understanding among friends; good fellowship.
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Apprise
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V. To notify; to give notice to.
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Recrimination
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N. The act of making an acusation in return, a counteraccusation.
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Exhaustive
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Adj. Leaving out nothing; comprehensive.
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Undermine
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V. To dig from beneath, to wear away and weaken the supports of; to weaken or injure, especially by guileful means.
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Elation
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N. High spirits; a feeling of exaltutaion due to relief or triumph.
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Austere
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Adj. Strict, severe in appearance or maner plain.
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Correlate
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N. Established in orderly connection
V. To show a causal relation between. |
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Bestow
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V. To confer or present as a gift or an honor to apple or dedicate for a purpose.
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Furtive
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Adj. Stealthy; secretive
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Mercenary
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N. one that serves merely for wages; a paid soldier who will fight for any country for money.
Adj. Serving merely for pay or sordid adventage. |
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Permeate
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V. To pass through openings or pores; to spread throughout.
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Accost
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V. To approach and speak to, often in a challenging or aggressive way.
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Populace
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N. The masses; the common people; a population.
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Rapacious
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Adj. Given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of grees; inordinately greedy; predatory; extortoons.
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Recalciitrant
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Adj. Stubbornly disobedient; difficult to deal with.
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Appraisal
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N. An expert valuation; an estimate of quality or quantity.
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Preletarian
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Adj. Of or belonging to the working class.
N. A person belonging to the working class. |
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Pernicious
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Adj. Very harmful; highly injurous; causing moral harm.
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Brusque
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Adj. Abrupt in manner or speech.
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Microcosm
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A. A miniature world; a small system or community regarded as representative of a larger world.
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Acuisition
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N. The act of obtaining something especially as an addition to a larger collection; something obtained.
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Debacle
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N. A sudden collapse or overthrow, an overwhelming defeat; a rout.
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Wily
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Adj. Crafty; guileful; full of trickery or stratagems.
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unterior
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Adj. Beyond what is seen or expressed intentionally concealed in order to decieve.
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Alleviate
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V. To ease suffering of the body or the mind.
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Tenacity
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N. Persevierance; cohesiveness.
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Thwart
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V. To oppose; to keep from doing something; to obstruct.
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Rigorous
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Adj. Very strict; difficult and demanding.
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Impetuous
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Adj. Moving with great force or speed; acting hastily, rashly or on impulse.
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Synchronize
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V. To cause to occur at the same time; to cause to agree in rate or speed.
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Arduous
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Adj. Laborious; requring much effort.
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Platitude
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N. A dull or commonplace remark made as if it were a new idea; a trite saying.
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Insatiable
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Adj. Incapable of being satisfied; greedy
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Grandiose
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Adj. Grand or great in scope, effect , or intent; having an affected or absurd notion of splendor.
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Enthrall
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V. To charm; to keep spellbound.
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Sluice
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N. A channel for conducting water; a floodgate.
V. To wash off with a rush of water. |
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oracular
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Adj. Wise and Prophetic; brief and mysterious (Remarks)
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Deluge
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N. A great flood; a heavy rainfall; a gret amount of something.
V. To flood; to inundate. |