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20 Cards in this Set
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(n.) the highest point.
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Acme
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(n.) a quality or characterirstic belonging to or assocated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from.
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Attribute
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(v.) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.
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Belittle
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(v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to.
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Convey
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(n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles.
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Doctrine
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(v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture sale, or distribution of a commodity or service.
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Excise
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(adj.) preying on, plundering, or piratical.
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Predatory
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(adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.
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Exotic
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(adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking.
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Haggard
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(adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance.
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Jaunty
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(n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time.
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Juncture
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(adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks.
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Menial
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(v.) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports.
Predatory/ (adj.) preying on, plundering, or piratical. |
Parry
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Stance/ (n.) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue.
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Stance
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Ravage/ (v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction.
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Ravage
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(adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.
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Tawdry
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(n.) a person who switches to an opposing side or party.
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Turncoat
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(adj.) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest.
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Unassuming
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(v.) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (n.) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse.
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Wallow
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(v.) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.
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Waver
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