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20 Cards in this Set
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Abscond |
To run off and hide |
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Access |
(N) Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (V) To get at, obtain |
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Anarchy |
A lack of government and law; confusion |
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Arduous |
Hard to do, requiring much effort |
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Auspicious |
Favorable; fortunate |
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Daunt |
To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
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Disentangle |
To free from tangles or complications |
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Fated |
Determined in advanced by destiny or fortune |
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Hoodwink |
To mislead by trick, swindle |
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Inanimate |
Not having life, without energy or spirit |
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Incinerate |
To burn to ashes |
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Intrepid |
Very brave, fearless, unshakable |
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Larceny |
Theft |
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Pliant |
Bending readily; easily influenced |
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Pompous |
Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
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Precipice |
A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of a disaster |
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Prototype |
An original model on which later versions are patterned |
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Rectify |
To make right, correct |
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Reprieve |
(N) A temporary relief or delay; (V) to grant a postponement |
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Revile |
To attack with words, call bad names |