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20 Cards in this Set
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Atone |
To make up for |
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Bondage |
Slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
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Credible |
Believable |
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Defray |
To pay for |
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Diligent |
Hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
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Doleful |
Sad, dreary |
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Ghastly |
Frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
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Hamper |
To hold back |
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Hew |
To shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
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Impoverished |
Poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
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Incessant |
Never stopping, going on all the time |
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Intricate |
Complicated, difficult to understand |
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Lucid |
Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
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Posthumous |
Occurring or published after death |
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Prim |
Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
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Sardonic |
Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
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Superfluous |
Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
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Supplant |
To take the place of, supersede |
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Taunt |
To jeer at, mock; (n.) An insulting or mocking remark |
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Tenacious |
Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
