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20 Cards in this Set
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affluence
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(n) wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty S opulence A poverty want destitution scarcity
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arrears
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(n) unpaid or overdue bills; an unfinished duty S in default in the red late overdue
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cascade
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(n) a steep, narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing forth in quantity (v) to flow downward S plunge rush tumble A drip drop trickle ooze
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cringe
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(v) to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness S flinch duck cower tumble A strut swagger
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crotchety
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(adj) cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims S grumpy grouchy crabby disagreeable A sociable friendly agreeable amiable
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format
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(n) the size shape or arrangement of something S layout, design
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immobile
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(adj) not movable; not moving
S fixed stationary unmoving rooted A movable portable nimble agile |
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impassable
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(adj) blocked so that nothing can go through S closed impenetrable
A unblocked clear open fit for travel |
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innovation
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(n) something new, a change: the act of introducing a new method, idea, device, etc. S novelty, modernization new
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jovial
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(adj) good-humored, in high spirts; merry
S jolly cheerful festive A gloomy morose melancholy cheerless |
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manacle
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(n) a handcuff, anything that chains or confines (v) to chain or restrain S put in chains, fetter A unchain, set free, emancipate, release
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martial
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(adj) warlike, fond of fighting, relating to war, the army or military life S military hostile bellicose A peace-loving peaceable pacific unwarlike
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minimum
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(n) the smallest possible amount (adj) the lowest permissible or possible S least A maximum highest most
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nimble
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(adj) quick and skillful in movement, agile'; clever S lively keen flexible A awkward clumsy stiff inflexible
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onset
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(n) the beginning, start; an attack, assault S outset commencement A conclusion close end
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partition
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(n) something that divideds; the act of dividing something into parts of sections (v) divide or subdivide into parts or shares S wall divider A Join combine consolidate merge
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perishable
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(adj) likely to spoil or decay
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retrieve
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(v) to find and bring back, get back; to put right,make good S recover regain fetch remedy rectify
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sinister
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(adj) appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm S frightening menacing ominous A cheering encouraging reassuring benign
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taut
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(adj) tightly drawn, tense; neat, in good order S tight strained orderly shipshape A loose slack drooping messy sloppy
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