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20 Cards in this Set
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pride
Luking in the shadows was a pride. (animal term) |
a group of lions
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prone
in a prone position |
horizonal
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punctilious
Priscilla perferred punctilious nerds as dates. |
punctual, meticulous
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putrid
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foul smelling
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quack
The physcian was a quack |
imposter
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noxious
noxious fumes |
unhealthy
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paltry
a paltry sum |
meager, scarawny
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paucity
a paucity of hair |
shortage, scarcity
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pernicous
a pernicious plan |
deadly, toxic
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presage
The sage's presage |
prediction, presentiment
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melee
he entered into the melee |
confused fight
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lithe
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graceful, bending easily
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lode
"I've found the mother lode," exclaimed the miner |
rich source
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mandate
The election gave the president a mandate to pursue the war. |
a command
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inter
interred at Sunnyside Memorial Gardens |
to bury
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pedestrian
he was just a pedestrian pedestrian. |
ordinary
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juxtapose
their properties juxaposed the lake |
side by side, adjacent
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celerity
The celebrity omoved with celerity to escape the autograph hounds |
speed,
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cognizant
Are you cognizant of the implications of a backed up sewer system? |
aware, knowing
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inebraiate
The fellow was clearly inebriated. |
drunk, intoxicated
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