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20 Cards in this Set
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a proverb or wise saying
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adage
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something very valuable, rewarding or source of great wealth
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bonanza
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impolite
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churlish
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a fortress that protects a city
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citadel
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to work with, work together
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collaborate
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an order having the force of law, or the act of making a law
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decree
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disagreeable in sound, jarring
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discordant
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to develop gradually
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evolve
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a passage taken from a book, article, etc. Also in verb form
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excerpt
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to feel about hesitently with the hands, to search blindly and uncertainly
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grope
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to float or hang susspended; to move back and forth uncertainly
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hover
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to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing, to shove, to compete for
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jostle
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a person who moves slowly or falls behind. Slow to move, act
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laggard
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applause, enthusiastic approval, praise.
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plaudits
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to make impossible, prevent, shut out
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preclude
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to return, go back
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revert
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broken stone or bricks, ruins
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rubble
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of or relating to a slave, behaving like a slave or a servant
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servile
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a watch, especially at night. Guard
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vigil
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to argue or quarell noisily, in an angry way. to obtain by argument.
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wrangle
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