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20 Cards in this Set
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avocation |
a hobby |
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ascertain |
to discover with certainty , as through examination |
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rebuke |
to criticize sharply |
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subterfuge |
A sneaky or devioud method for avoiding difficulty or unpleasantness afflue |
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Affluence |
Possessing wealth |
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Disconsolate |
Extremely unhappy; seemingly beyond comforting |
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Emphatic |
Done or expressed with force |
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Abide |
To tolerate |
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Regimen |
A set of rules, usually followed for therapeutic effect |
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Jilt |
To reject or cast off |
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Uncanny |
Strangelt unsettling, as if of supernatural origin |
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Innocuous |
Harmless |
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Eschew |
To avoid or shun |
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Fetid |
Bad odor |
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Castigate |
To criticize severely (in public) |
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Volatile |
Unstable |
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Exacerbate |
Make more violent, bitter, or severe |
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Masticate |
To chew |
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Ephemeral |
Lasting for a short time; fleeting |
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Stipulate |
To agree to a fact as part of a larger debate; to state a demand in an argument |
