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15 Cards in this Set
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Supplant
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To displace and substitute for (another).
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The bitter frind of Majoy Fambrough's existence had been SUPPLANT by an imminent and lovely event.
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Imminent
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About to occur; impending.
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The bitter grid of Major Fambrough's existence had been supplanted by an IMMINENT and lovely event.
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Cashierd
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To dismiss from a position of command or responsibility, especially for disciplinary reason.
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"I will have you cashiered if it's the last thing I do."
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Dispassionately
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Deviod of or unaffected by passion, emotion or bias.
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But when the foot was finally out of danger, he ducked into the tent one afternoon, pulled a chair close to bed, and began to talk dispassionatly about something that had formed in his mind.
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Cannibalized
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To remove servicable parts from for use in the repair of other equipment of the same kind.
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After careful study, he cannibalized four of the tallest and sturdiest posts.
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Lope
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To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.
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When he put Cisco into an easy canter, the lieutenant was astounded to see Two Socks ease intoa lope of his own.
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Cache
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To store a hidden supply of things, especially weapons or valuables, in a secret place.
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his first order of business was to cache the provisions.
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Sequestered
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To put someone in an isolated or lonely place away from other people, the pressures of everyday life, or disturbances.
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As she made ready to leave for the morning, the young Comanche womean was comforted by the notion that a close friend or two would be sequestered with her, women with whom time would pass easily.
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Adamant
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Very determined and not influenced by appeals to reconsider.
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if the council had been adamant, or if he put his plain into action and it went badly, there was a possibility he would be thrown band. ... The council had not been adamant; it had been befuddled.
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Impassively
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Showing no emotion, especially on the face.
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She seemed to take the news impassively at fist, sitting still as a statue on the floor of the lodge, her hands entwined on her lap, her head bowed slightly.
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Imploringly
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Earnestly asking for something.
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At last, when she'd made up a beautiful verse imploring the Great Spirit to give him an honored place in the world beyond the sun, a sudden surge of emotion hit her.
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Scabbard
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a sheath, hanging from a belt, for a sword, daggar, or bayonet.
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No one discouraged her when Stands With A Fist ran a belt through the scabbard of her finest knife and fastened it at her waist.
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Equine
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Relating to belonging to or affecting horses.
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And when it came to doctoring, he knew as much or more about tending to equine ailments as any grown man in the band.
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Omnipotent
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Possessing complete, unlimited or universal power and authority.
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....away from the omnipotent eyes of his father...
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Conical
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Shaped like a cone.
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there were fifty or sixty conical, hide-covered houses pitched along the stream.
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