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35 Cards in this Set
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Paucity |
An inefficient quantity or number |
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Rescind |
To cancel officially |
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Zealous |
Marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
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Compliant |
Disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes |
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Emulate |
To strive to equal or match, especially by imitating |
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Innumerable |
To numerous is to be county |
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Meander |
To move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course |
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Authoritarian |
Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule |
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Brawn |
Possessing muscular strength |
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Exemplify |
To be characteristic of |
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Facilitate |
To make easier |
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Hypothetical |
A conjectural possibility or circumstance |
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Recalcitrant |
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
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Ambulatory |
Able to walk about |
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Diffident |
SHY; showing modest reserve |
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Drone |
Make a monotonous low dull sound |
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Gullible |
Naive and easily deceived or tripped |
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Marred |
Blemished by injury or rough wear |
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Nullify |
To declare invalid |
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Parsimony |
Extreme stinginess |
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Propriety |
Correct behavior |
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Rejuvenate |
To make younger or more youthful |
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Animated |
Having life or Vigor or spirit |
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Bias |
A partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue |
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Blithe |
Carefree and happy and lighthearted |
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Dearth |
An insufficient quantity or number |
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Divert |
To turn aside; turn away from |
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Enthrall |
To hold spellbound |
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Heed |
To pay particular notice |
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Hindrance |
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome |
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Irascible |
Quickly aroused to anger |
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Merger |
An occurrence that involves the production of the union |
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Pretentious |
Creating an appearance of importance or distinction |
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Saccharine |
Overly sweet |
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Stanza |
A fixed number of lines of verse forming unit of a poem |
