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20 Cards in this Set
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Annex |
Verb to attach, append, or add, especially tosomething larger or more important. |
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Devitalize |
Verb to deprive of vitality or vital properties; makelifeless; weaken |
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Improvise |
Verb to compose and perform or deliver withoutprevious preparation; extemporize |
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Precipitious |
Adjective 1610s, now obsolete, but prefered by purists forthe sense "high and steep" over the laterformation precipitous |
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Cleave |
Verb to adhere closely; stick; cling (usuallyfollowed by to) |
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Embroil |
Verb to bring into discord or conflict; involve incontention or strife |
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Incite |
Verb to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate orprompt to action |
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Profuse |
Adjective spending or giving freely and in largeamount, often to excess; extravagant (oftenfollowed by in) |
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Cordial |
Adjective courteous and gracious; friendly; warm |
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Exonerate |
Verb to clear, as of an accusation; free from guiltor blame; exculpate |
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Influx |
Noun act of flowing in. |
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Reconcile |
Verb to cause (a person) to accept or be resignedto something not desired |
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Cornerstone |
Noun a stone uniting two masonry walls at anintersection. |
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Glib |
Adjective readily fluent, often thoughtlessly,superficially, or insincerely so |
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Pallor |
Noun unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear,ill health, or death; wanness |
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Shackle |
Noun a ring or other fastening, as of iron, forsecuring the wrist, ankle, etc |
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Debacle |
Noun a general breakup or dispersion; suddendownfall or rout |
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Haphazard |
Adjective characterized by lack of order or planning,by irregularity, or by randomness;determined by or dependent on chance;aimless. |
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Pedigree |
Noun an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage;ancestry |
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Threadbare |
Adjective having the nap worn off so as to lay bare thethreads of the warp and woof, as a fabric,garment, etc |
