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16 Cards in this Set
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Acrimony (n)
Acrimonious (adj) |
bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility
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Affinity (n)
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attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship
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Ambivalent (adj/n)
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having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive
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Cessation (n)
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a stopping, either final or temporary
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Emaciated (adj)
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very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny
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Enclave (n)
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a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory
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Engender (v)
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to bring into being, to produce
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Exacerbate (v)
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to make more severe, bitter, or violent
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Illicit (adj)
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not allowed, improper, or unlawful
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Indigenous (adj)
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naturally living or growing in a certain area; native
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Inexorable (adj)
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not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless
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Infatuated (adj) (n)
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filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire
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Insatiable (adj)
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never satisfied; greed
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Poignant (adj)
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painfully moving, affecting, or touching
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Proselytize (v)
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to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause
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Lesson 5
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Lesson 5
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