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44 Cards in this Set
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Assurance |
A pledge |
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Asylum |
Place of safety |
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Console |
To comfort |
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Dilate |
To expand |
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Dross |
Refuse |
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Dwindle |
To lessen |
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Flippant |
Saucy |
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Immunity |
Resistance to desease |
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Institute |
To establish |
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Liability |
A debt |
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Shoddy |
Of poor quality |
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Sprightly |
Lively |
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Surly |
Rude |
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Tirade |
A long angry speech |
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Vagrant |
Tramp |
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Adjourn |
Move to another place |
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Alien |
Foreign, strange |
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Comely |
Having a pleasing appearance |
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Compensate |
To make up for |
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Dissolute |
Loose in one's morals |
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Erratic |
Undependable |
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Expulsion |
Process of driving out |
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Feint |
A pretense |
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Fodder |
Food for horses or cattle |
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Fortify |
To build up |
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Salvage |
To save from fire or shipwreck |
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Spasmodic |
Fitful |
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Spurious |
Not true |
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Unbridled |
Lacking in restraint |
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Escalate |
To elevate |
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Expedient |
Useful |
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Feign |
To pretend |
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Flair |
A distinctive style |
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Grievous |
Serious |
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Heterogenous |
Diverse |
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Horde |
Vast number of people |
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Impel |
To force |
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Incredulous |
Skeptical |
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Inscribe |
To write or engrave |
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Monologue |
Speech by am actor to other characters |
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Prognosis |
Forecast of a probable disease |
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Rasping |
A Harsh sound |
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Repugnant |
Offensive |
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Scuttle |
Scurry |
