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16 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate
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to improve or make more bearable
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Ameliorate
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To improve or to make more bearable.
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canape
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an appetizer or toast topped w/ caviar or cheese
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A) chastise
B) conflagration |
A) to criticize severely
B) large destructive fire |
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A) construe
B) dapple |
A) to give the meaning or explain
B) a spot or marking |
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eclectic
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varied or selective
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execrably
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very badly or wretchedly
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facade
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the decorative front of a building
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fastidious
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fussy or finicky or hard to please
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fustian
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overblown or arrogant
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incessant
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w/out interruption or ceaselessly
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negligible
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small, trivial, unimportant
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peal
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a loud, prolonged ringing of bells
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quotidian
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ordinary or everyday
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A) rectitude
B) sagacity |
A) rightness of principle or conduct
B) shrewdness or keen perception |
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A) sequester
B) tacit C) tether |
A) to isolate or shut away
B) understood w/o being told, implied C) a rope or chain, extent of action |
