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25 Cards in this Set
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Abet
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to encourage or support
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Agile
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quick and well coordinated in movement
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Antidote
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the cure for something to heal from a disease or poison
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Ascertain
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to learn with surety or definiteness
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Benevolence
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desiring to do good for others, goodwill, charitable
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Desolate
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barren or laid waste, deprived
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Din
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a loud, confused voice
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Dissuade
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to persuade not to do something, to urge against
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Distend
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to expand by stretching, in all directions
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Enervation
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to deprive the force of, to weaken, and to lessen the strength of
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Eulogy
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to praise someone highly, a written document, or speech
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Fitful
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irregular frequencies, spasmodic, sporadic
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Indelible
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things that cannot be erased or cannot be eliminated/forgotten etc.
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Inert
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having no power of action , no motion, inactive
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Malevolence
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ill will, malice, or hatred
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Obliterate
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to destroy completely
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Ornate
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Showy, or ostentatious, adorned to an excess, heavily ornamented
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Paucity
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smallness of quantity, a scarcity
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Piety
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reverence, especially in a religious aspect or towards parents, veneration or respect
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Precarious
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lacking security or stability, unstable, unsure
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Prosaic
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commonplace or dull,ordinary
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Quiescent
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being at rest, quiet, still, ainactive
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Sctinillating
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to emit sparks, to flash, to shine
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Squalid
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foul and repulsive, dirty, wretched, miserable, lack of cleanliness
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Vexation
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a cause of annoyance or irritation, a nuisance
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