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25 Cards in this Set
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Adapt
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v. to adjust or change to suit conditions
s. regulate, alter, acclimate a. remain unchanged |
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Attest
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v. to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
s. witness, verify, confirm, corroborate a. deny, disprove, refute, rebut |
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Dovetail
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v. to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole
s. mesh, jive, harmonize a. clash, be at odds |
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Dovetail
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n. a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail
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Enormity
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n. the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
s. attrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness a. mildness, harmlessness, innocuosness |
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Falter
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v. to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
s. waver a. persevere, plug away at |
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Foreboding
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n. a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
s. misgiving, presentiment, premonition |
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Foreboding
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adj. marked by fear, ominous
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Forlorn
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adj. totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost helpless
s. woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic a. jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper |
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Haughty
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adj. chillingly proud and scornful
s. disdainful, supercillious a. meek, humble, unassuming, modest |
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Impendiment
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n. a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
s. obstruction, stumbling block a. help, advantage, asset, plus |
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Imperitave
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adj. necessary, urgent
s. essential, indispensable, mandatory a. nonessential, unnecessary, optional |
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Imperitave
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n. a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required
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Loiter
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v. to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry
a. hurry along |
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Malinger
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v. to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
s. goof off, shirk |
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Pithy
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adj. short but full of meaning and point
s. terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling a. wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane |
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Plunder
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v. to rob by force, especially dring wartime; to seize wrongfully
s. pillage, loot, sack |
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Plunder
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n. property stolen by force
s. spoils, pelf |
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Simper
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v. to smile or speak in a silly, forced way
s. snicker, smirk, titter, giggle |
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Simper
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n. a silly, forced smile
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Steadfast
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adj. firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
s. loyal, faithful, unwavering a. inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating |
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Vaunted
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adj. much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
s. trumpeted, heralded a. downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized |
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Vilify
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v. to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
s. malign, defame, denigrate, traduce a. glorify, extol, lionize |
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Waif
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n. a person without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit
s. stray, ragamuffin, street urchin |
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Wry
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adj. twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humurous
s. dryly amusing, ironic, droll a. humorless, solemn, straight |
