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60 Cards in this Set
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Bills are_________
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passed
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Laws are _________
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enacted
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Adverse means:
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unfavorable
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Averse means:
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opposed
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affect is:
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a verb meaning to influence or to produce change
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effect means:
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as a noun it is a result
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_______ means to add to or to increase
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aggravate
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________ means to annoy
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irritate
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Aid means
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to help
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Aide means
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an assistant
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The driver eluded the police.
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correct
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During the conversasion she alluded to her new relationship.
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correct
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During our conversation she eluded to her new relationship.
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wrong alluded
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Allusion means:
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an indirect reference
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Illusion means :
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an unreal or false impression
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Avocation means
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hobby, pleasure
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Vocation means
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business, profession, occupation
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________ implies worry or concern and is followed by about
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anxious
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________ means in anticipation or desire and is followed by to
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eager
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___ means in addition to or other than
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besideS
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______ means by the side of or next to
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beside
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A fair is also called a _____
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bazaar
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Blond is used in reference to:
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as a noun for males and as an adj.
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Blonde is used in reference to:
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females when used as a noun
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canon means
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a law
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cannon means
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a gun
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canvas means
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a cloth
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canvass means
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to seek out to sift
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_________ means yo single out or to bring forward
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cite
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site
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collide is only used when .....
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both objects are in motion
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Compliment means
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to admire or praise some one
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Complement means
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full quantity, number or to add to
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_______ means worthy of contempt, despicable
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contemptible
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_________ means expressing conyempt or disdain
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contemptuous
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________means having good qualities
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decent
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_______ means ancestry, drop, fall
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descent
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_______means to disagree
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dissent
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dual means
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two
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duel means
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a contest b/t two people
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elicit means
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seek
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illicit means
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illegal
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eminent means
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great, famous
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imminent means
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to occur shortly, approaching
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______ refers to bulk quantity
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less
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______ refers to individual items and can be counted
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fewer
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Flier is a term for
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an aviator or a handbill
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Flyer is the name for
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some trains and buses
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Hurdle means
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barrier, to leap over
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Hurtle means
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to rush suddenly,fling
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The incidence of rabies was greater in 2005 than in 1995.
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correct
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The two incidence led to his dismissal.
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wring use incidents
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to assume, draw from is to
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infer
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to suggest, signify is to
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imply
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Peddle is
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selling
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pedal means
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like on a bycycle
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reticent means
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unwilling to speak
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stationary means
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not moving
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stationery means
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writing paper
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to demolsih or destroy something is to
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do away with completely
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