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20 Cards in this Set
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sustain |
strengthen or support physically or mentally |
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deprive |
to deny (a person or place) the possession or use of something |
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plaintive |
sounding sad and mournful |
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ordeal |
painful or horrific experience |
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provoke |
to stimulate or give rise to a reaction or emotion |
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avail |
to use or take advantage of an opportunity or available resource |
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disengage |
separate or release (someone from something) that they are attached too |
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prevail |
to prove more powerful that opposing forces |
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apathy |
lack of interest enthusiasm or concern |
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melancholy |
feeling of pensive sadness typically for no real cause (depressed) |
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poignant |
evoking a great sense of sadness or regret |
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quench |
satisfying ones thirst by drinking; to extinguish a fire |
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indifferent |
having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned |
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ensue |
to happen or occur afterward or as a result |
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maul |
an animal wound by scratching or tearing |
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prostrate |
lying stretched on the ground with one's face downward |
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feeble |
lacking physical strength especially as a result of age or illness (older people) |
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postpone |
cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a later time |
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contemplate |
look thoughtfully for a long time at (starring) |
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dreg |
sediment at the bottom of a liquid; small amount left |
