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20 Cards in this Set
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Adjourn |
to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place |
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Alien |
a citizen of another country; foreign, strange |
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Comely |
having a pleasing appearance |
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Compensate |
to make up for; to repay for services |
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Dissolute |
loose in one's moral behaviors |
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Erratic |
not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
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Expulsion |
the process of driving or forcing out |
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Feint |
a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make pretense of |
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Fodder |
food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
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Fortify |
to strengthen, build up |
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Illegible |
difficult or impossible to read |
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Jeer |
to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark or derision |
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Lucrative |
bringing in money, profitable |
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Mediocre |
average, ordinary, undistinguished |
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Proliferate |
to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
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Subjugate |
to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
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Sully |
to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
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Tantalize |
to tease, torment by teasing |
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Terse |
brief and to the point |
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Unflinching |
firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |