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20 Cards in this Set
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Adept |
(adjective) - thoroughly skilled (noun) - an expert |
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Aspire |
(Verb) - to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend |
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Bleak |
(adjective) - bare, dreary, dismal |
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Chide |
(verb) - to blame; scold |
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Despicable |
(adjective) - worthy of scorn, contemptible |
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Diminutive |
(adjective) - small, smaller than most others of the same type |
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Emancipate |
(verb) - to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
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Erroneous |
(adjective) - incorrect, containing mistakes |
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Exploit |
(verb) - to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit (noun) - a feat, deed |
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Extraporaneous |
(adjective) - made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
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Impair |
(verb) - to make imperfect, damage, harm |
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Invincible |
(adjective) - not able to be defeated, unbearable |
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Languid |
(adjective) - drooping; without energy, sluggish |
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Mire |
(noun) - mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation (verb) - to get stuck |
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Obtrusive |
(adjective) - forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out |
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Preamble |
noun) - an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
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Render |
(verb) - to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract |
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Rugged |
(adjective) - rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy |
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Skeptical |
(adjective) - inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
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Slipshod |
(adjective) - untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |
