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30 Cards in this Set
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Emancipate |
1.tp free from restraint or influence. 2.the free(a slave) from bondage. |
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Manacle |
1. A decixe for confining the hands; usually cuffs. 2. Anything that contrains. To restrain, as with manacles. |
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Mandate |
A formal order from a higher court; an authoritative command, order, or injunction. |
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Manifest |
Clearly apperent to sight or understanding; obvious. 1. To show plainly; to reveal. 2. To prove. List of cargo or passangers. |
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Manipulate |
1. To use or handle skillfully. 2. To manage with devious skill, or to adjust to one's purpose. |
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Dexterity |
1. Skill in the use of the hands or body; adroitness. 2. Mental skill or seriousness ; cleverness. |
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Ambidextrous |
Able to use either hand equally well. |
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Digital |
1. Relating to a finger or a unit of measure (3/4 inch) the breadth of a finger. 2. Referring to a numerical system for encoding data. |
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Deflect |
To tun aside. To swerve or turn aside. |
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Genuflect |
To bend the knee in a kneeling or half-kneeling position to express reverence or respect. |
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Inflection |
1. An alteration of pitch or rone of the voice. 2. In grammar an alteration of the forms of a word to show different grammatical or syntsctical relationship. |
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Reflection |
1. The act or condition of being thrown back. 2. Something throen back as light, heat, sound, or an image. 3. Discredit; indirect reproach. 4. Deep thought. |
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Rapacious |
1. Excessively grasping or greedy. 2. Given to seizing for plunder or as prey. |
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Rapt |
1. Giving one's conplete attention. 2. Overcome with emotion; completely filled with joy. |
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Surreptitious |
Done secretly, without approval. |
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Complicity |
Participation with another in an act that is or seems to br deceitful. |
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Duplicity |
1. Deceitfulness in speach or conduct; double-dealing. 2. Being physically or numerically double or two-fold; doubleness. |
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Explicate |
To make clear; to explain thoroughly,often in literary context. |
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Explicit |
Definite; stated in detail, leaving nothing to be guessed at; outspoken. |
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Exploit |
A notable or heroic deed. 1. To use to the greatest advantage. 2. To make use of selfishly or unethically. 3. To publicize. |
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Imply |
1. To indicate indirectly; to hint. 2. To require as a necessary condition. |
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Ploy |
A tactic intended to frustrate, embarrass, or gain an advantage over an opponent. |
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Ply |
1. To use a tool or weapon vigorously; to work at a trade. 2. To offer something persistently. 1. The thickness of cloth, yarn, pr rope. 2. Wood layered with crosswisw grain. |
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Supplicate |
To ask humbly or earnestly for, as in praying ; to beseech. |
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Apprehend |
1. To arrest. 2. To grasp mentally; to understand. 3. To anticipate with anxiety. |
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Comprise |
To consist of; to contain. |
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Entrepreneur |
A persin who organizes,operates, and assumes the risk or business ventures. |
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Impregnable |
Strong enough to resist attack of capture, as a fortress. Not to be outweighed or overcome in argument. |
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Reprehend |
To reprimand, reprove,or express disapproval. |
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Reprisal |
An action or act of retaliation against someone for injuries recieved. |