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20 Cards in this Set
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Acme |
the highest point of something |
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Attribute |
a quality or characteristic belonging to something; to assign credit with regard as caused by or tesulting from |
characteristics traits |
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Belittle |
to make something smaller than it really is; to refer to in a way that suggest lack of importance |
lack of importance |
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Convey |
to transport, transmit , to vommunicate or make known, to transfer ownership or tilte to something |
to carry send or import |
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Doctrine |
a belief or principle, teaching a system of such beliefs |
beliefs |
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Exotic |
foreign |
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Excise |
to remove by cutting out |
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Haggard |
thin pale and careworn, as a result of worry of suffering |
broke down |
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Jaunty |
lively, carefree manner |
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Juncture |
where 2 things join together as 1 |
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Menial |
lowly humble lacking importance, a person who does unpleasnt tasks |
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Parry |
to avoid, stay away from |
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predatory |
preying on |
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ravage |
to destroy or ruin |
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Stance |
a way of holding the body |
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Tawdry |
showy, bright,but lacking in taste |
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Turncoat |
someone who trades sides, traitor |
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Waver |
to hesitate, lack of decision |
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Wallow |
lazy or clumsy. what animals do in mud |
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Unassuming |
modest, not self indulgent |
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