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30 Cards in this Set
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Abate |
Become less severe or widespread |
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Gullible |
Easily deceived |
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Amicable |
Friendly |
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Ferocity |
Very fierce or violent |
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Cardinal |
Of greatest importance ; fundamental. |
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Recoup |
Reimburse, regain, recover, compensate for money |
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Gleaned |
Gather, as of natural products (derive, often with difficulty) |
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Roughshod |
Fail to consider the wishes or feelings of |
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Clemency |
Kind or merciful treatment |
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Delinquent |
1. Failing in one's duty 2. Tending to commit a crime |
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Anthology |
Collection of poems or other pieces of writing or music |
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Coffer |
1. Small chest for holding valuables. 2. Financial resources |
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Pernicious |
Harmful |
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Vendetta |
Prolonged feud |
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Rap |
1. Criticise sharply 2. Quick sharp knock/blow ; hit sharply |
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Ostensible |
Apparently true, but not necessarily so. |
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Latent |
Existing but not yet developed, apparent or active |
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Transcend |
1. Be or go beyond the range or limits of 2. Be better than |
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Palliative |
Make something less bad or less serious |
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Allay |
Diminish /put to rest |
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Zeal |
Passionate |
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Ambivalence |
State of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. |
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Vie |
Compete eagerly with someone in order to do/ achieve something |
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Splice |
Join by interlinking or overlapping ends |
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Pre-empt |
1. Take action to prevent something from happening 2. Prevent from saying something by speaking first. |
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Prudent |
Showing /giving thought for the future. |
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Permeate |
Spread throughout ; pervade |
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Streamline |
Make more efficient |
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Expediency |
The quality of being suited to the end view |
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Perverse |
Behaving in a manner which is unusual to accustomed standards |
