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30 Cards in this Set
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atone
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(v.) to make up for
atone for their mistakes |
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bondage
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(n.) slavery; any state of being bound or held down
release a slave from bondage |
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credible
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(adj.) believable
a credible excuse for being late |
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defray
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(v.) to pay for
defray the shipping charges |
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diligent
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(adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
a diligent worker |
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doleful
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(adj.) sad, dreary
the losers' doleful faces |
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ghastly
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(adj.) frightful, horrible, deathly pale
shocked by her ghastly appearance |
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hamper
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(v.) to hold back
hamper our efforts |
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hew
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(v.)to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
hew down the mighty tree |
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impoverished
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(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
impoverished by the war |
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incessant
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(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time
the incessant crying of the sick baby |
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intricate
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(adj.) complicated, difficult to understand
unable to follow his intricate directions |
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lucid
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(adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
a lucid explanation |
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posthumous
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(adj.) occurring or published after death
Emily Dickinson's posthumous fame |
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prim
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(adj.) overly neat, precise, proper or formal;prudish
in a prim bonnet and gloves |
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sardonic
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(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
the satirist's sardonic laughter |
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superfluous
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(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
just so much superfluous wording |
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supplant
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(v.) to take the place of, supersede
quickly supplanted by a rival |
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taunt
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(v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark
taunted by the bully |
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tenacious
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(adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
the buldog's tenacious grasp |
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ghastly
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(adj.) frightful, horrible, deathly pale
shocked by her ghastly appearance |
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hamper
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(v.) to hold back
hamper our efforts |
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hew
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(v.)to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
hew down the mighty tree |
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impoverished
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(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
impoverished by the war |
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incessant
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(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time
the incessant crying of the sick baby |
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ghastly
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(adj.) frightful, horrible, deathly pale
shocked by her ghastly appearance |
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hamper
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(v.) to hold back
hamper our efforts |
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hew
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(v.)to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
hew down the mighty tree |
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impoverished
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(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
impoverished by the war |
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incessant
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(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time
the incessant crying of the sick baby |
