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20 Cards in this Set
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abscond |
(v.) to run off and hide |
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access |
(n.) (v.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things or an increase; to get at, obtain |
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anarchy |
(n.) a lack of government and law, confusion |
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arduous |
(adj.) hard to o, requiring much effort |
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auspicious |
(adj.) favorable, fortunate |
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daunt |
(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage |
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disentangle |
(v.) to free from tangles or complications |
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fated |
(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
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hoodwink |
(v.) to mislead by a trick, swindle |
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inanimate |
(adj.) not having life or without energy |
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incinerate |
(v.) to burn to ashes |
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intrepid |
(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable |
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larceny |
(n.) theft |
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pliant |
(adj.) bending readily, easily influenced |
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pompous |
(adj.) overly self important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonious |
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precipice |
(n.) a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster |
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prototype |
(n.) an original model on which later versions are patterned |
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rectify |
(v.) to make right, correct |
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reprieve |
(n.) (v.) a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement |
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revile |
(v.) to attack with words, call bad names |
