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20 Cards in this Set
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immune-adj
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not affected by or sensitive to something; resistant, protective
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ineffectual-adj
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not comptetent, decisive, or authoritative enough to achieve desired aims (not having desired effect)
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gaunt-adj
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extremely thin and bony
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taut-adj
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flexed and working, as opposed to being in a relaxed state
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myriad-n
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so many that they cannot be counted (a myriad of fish)
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imperceptible-adj
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tiny, very slight or gradual
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devise-v
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to think up; to conceive of the idea for something and figure out how it will work (to plan)
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dispersed-adj
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scattered; distributed over a wide area
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burnished-v
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to make glossy, to polish, to smoothe
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carapace-n
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bony-covering; shield or natural armor
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humiliate-v
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to damage someone's dignity or pride, especially publicly
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sustenance-n
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something, especially food, that supports life (nourishment)
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ceding-v
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to surrender or give up something (surrendering or giving up something)
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interminable-adj
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so long or boring or frustrating as to seem endless
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furled-v
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to roll up and secure something (rolled up or secured)
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coagulated-v
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to thicken, to cause liquid to thicken in a semisolid mass
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splice-v
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to join by connecting 2 pieces of somehting (to join at ends)
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leprous-adj
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scaly or flaky, resembling the physical symptons of leprosy
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commence-v
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to begin, to start
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Dentuso-n
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a particularly voracious species of shark; big-toothed
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