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46 Cards in this Set
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Penury
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extremepoverty; destitution
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Insinuate |
tosuggest; to hint; to imply |
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Jubilant |
showinggreat joy or triumph |
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Sublime |
awesome;impressive |
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Encumber |
toburden or weigh down somebody or something; to hamper or impeded |
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Decree |
anauthoritative order; to order |
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Rescind |
tocancel; to repeal |
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Surreptitious |
secretive;furtive; clandestine |
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Conviction |
firmly held belief |
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Condemn |
todisapprove; to censure; to punish |
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Irrevocable |
impossible to change |
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Pious |
religious or faithful |
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Stench |
a strong and unpleasant odor or stink |
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Indifferently |
lacking interest or concern |
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Imperative |
necessary or essential |
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Elude |
to avoid or escape |
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Nocturnal |
relating to or happening at night |
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Ascertain |
to find out or obtain |
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Camaraderie |
a spirit of a friendly community or brotherhood |
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Invalids |
people unable to care for themselves due to weakness or illness |
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Altruistic |
unselfish; devoted to helping others |
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Wizened |
aged, wrinkled, or lacking vitality |
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Meek |
lacking strength, spirit or courage |
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Tolerate |
to recognize other people’s right to have different beliefs or practices without an attempt to suppress them |
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Oppressive |
imposing a harsh or cruel of domination |
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Dissipate |
to cause to move widely apart or split up |
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Solemn |
somber or serious in a gloomy way |
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Grandeur |
magnificence; gloriousness |
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Veritable |
true, authentic or real |
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Notorious |
unfavorably well-known; disreputable |
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Delude |
to mislead or trick |
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Falter |
fail; to lose strength or power |
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Automaton |
robot; somebody who behaves like a machine in emotionlessly obeying instructions and performing repetitive actions |
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Emaciated |
extremely thin, especially because of starvation or illness |
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Transcend |
to rise above or go beyond the limits |
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Plaintive |
expressing suffering; anguished |
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Melancholy |
depression; low spirits |
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Apathy |
lack of interest; lack of enthusiasm |
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Protrude |
to stick out; to project |
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Prostrate |
stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission; lying flat |
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Rivet |
to fascinate; to attract and hold attention completely |
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Feeble |
weak; lacking strength and energy |
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Idleness |
inactivity; dormancy |
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Liquidate |
to get rid of; eradicate |
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Provisions |
supplies of food and other things required, especially for a journey |
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Timid |
demonstrating a lack of courage or self-assurance |