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30 Cards in this Set
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zeal
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ardor, eager interest or enthusiasm
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yodel
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sing with abrupt alternating changes between normal chest voice and falsetto
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xenophilia
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attraction or admiration of anything foreign
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waft
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carry or float lightly through air or water
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wager
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to bet
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waggery
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1) roguish jocularity or merriment
2) a joke |
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wallow
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1) to roll about or flounder in the mud
2) to indulge in self-pity |
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wane
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to grow less in extent
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welter (v)
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to roll about or wallow
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welter (n)
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confusion
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whim
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1) a sudden or passing notion
2) capricious idea or desire |
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vulnerary
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used for healing wounds
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vulnerable
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1) wounded or physically injured
2) open to criticism or attack |
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voluble
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1) speaking glibly, talking with ease
2) talkative |
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volatile
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evaporating rapidly, lively, changeable or fickle
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viscid
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think, sticky, viscous
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venerate
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to look upwith with deep respect, ro revere
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vapid
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tasteless, flavorless, dull, uninteresting
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vouch
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1) attest or affirm
2) to uphold by demonstration or evidence |
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votary
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1) a devotee
2) person devoted to a particular religion or object, study or cause |
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vortex
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1) a whirling mass of water forming vacuum at the center
2) whirlpool 3) any action or activity resembling the catastrophic effects of eddy currents |
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volt-face
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1) about face
2) reversal of course, opinion, attitute |
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vivacious
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animated and lively
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vituperate
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1) to speak abusively about
2) berate 3) revile |
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vitriolic
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1) extremely biting or caustic
2) sharp and bitter |
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vista
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view or outlook
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vilify
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1) use abuve or slanderous language
2) calumniate 3) revile 4) defame |
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vicissitude
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1) the quality of being changeable
2) mutation 3) natural change visible in nature or in human affairs |
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vicarious
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1) taking the place of another person or thing
2) substitute 3) deputy 4) something done for another |
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viable
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1) able to form roots and grow
2) workable and likely to survive |