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20 Cards in this Set
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Adept |
Thoroughly skilled; an expert toward |
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Aspire |
To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend |
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Bleak |
Bare, dreary, dismal |
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Chide |
To blame, scold |
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Despicable |
Worthy of scorn, contemptible |
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Diminutive |
Small,smaller than most others of the same type |
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Emancipate |
To free from slavery; to release or liberate |
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Erroneous |
Incorrect, containing mistakes |
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Exploit |
To make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; a feat deed |
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Extemporaneous |
Made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
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Impair |
To make imperfect, damage, harm |
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Invincible |
Not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
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Languid |
Dropping; without energy, sluggish |
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Mire |
Mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck |
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Obtrusive |
Forward; indescribably prominent;thrust out |
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Preamble |
An introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
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Render |
To cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract |
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Rugged |
Rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy |
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Skeptical |
Inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
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Slipshod |
Untidy in dress, personal habits, etc; careless, sloppy |
