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14 Cards in this Set
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AFFLICTED
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to cause pain or destress to
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i have recently been afflictecd by a broken heart
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DUBIOUS
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uncertainqestionable; feeling doubt ; undecided
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tina felt dubious about going into the haunted house
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INTERPRET
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to explain the meaning of; translate
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how do you interpret the meaning of love
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SQUALOR
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the quality or state of being filthy or degraded through neglect or poverty, nasty, foual, dirty, grubby
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the poor family lived in squalor
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DEFTLY
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quick and neat in action
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bethany deftly completed the task she was instructed to perform
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INCESSANT
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continuing or flowing without interruption
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the incessent talking from the students at the front table distracted the teacher from her lesson about multi- culteralisim
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SOILITARY
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being or livivng apart from others; lonley; secdueled; sole; only
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joe was kept in solitary
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UNKEMPT
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not tidy
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monicas unkemmpt apartment kept her friends form visiting
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INTERMINABLE
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uneanding
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mrs. hiram assigned an interminable amout of homework
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TALISMAN
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an object that is suppost to possess suoernatural powers
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my tailisman is a rabbit foot it gives me good luck
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UNRULY
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unmanageable; out of control
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the unruly prisioner was put in solitary he could not be around anyone without starting a fight
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ASSUAGED
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make milder or less sever; ease
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the ice pack on jose's eye assuged the pain
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RITUAL
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any practice or behavior regularly performed in a set manner
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gilberts ritual of wearing his socks inside out on gameday has worked his team is underfeated
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INTERMITTLY
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SARTING AND STOPPING; FAST
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the windsheld wipers were set on intermittent; they were not going fast or freaquent enough to keep up with the pouring rain
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