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10 Cards in this Set
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begrudge
-verb |
to envy someone.
-synonyms: envy, resent |
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bibliophile
-noun |
a person who collects or has a great love of books.
-synonyms: savant, reader |
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declaim
-verb |
utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned
-synonyms: recite, attack |
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enmity
-noun |
the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
-synonyms: hostility, animosity |
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gaff
-noun |
a stick with a hook, or a barbed spear
-synonyms: spear, gear |
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glutinous
-adj |
of the nature of glue
-synonyms: gluey, sticky |
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imbue
-veb |
inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.
-synonyms: permeate, diffuse |
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mandarin
-noun |
the standard literary and official form of Chinese
-snyonyms: chinese, chinese language |
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nepotism
-noun |
-the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends
-synonyms: forvoritism, preferential treatment |
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quaff
-verb |
to drink somthing heartily
-synonyms: guzzle, drink |
