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30 Cards in this Set
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Adept |
Expert skilled |
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Confound |
Perplexed amazed confused |
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Diligent |
W/attention to detail persistently |
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Tantalize |
Tempt to fascinate to titillate |
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Axiom |
Generally accepted rule |
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Cummulative |
Sum of s/thing added together |
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Superlative |
Highest quality supreme |
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Unerring |
W/out mistake constant always correct |
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Complement |
S/thing that completes s/things else |
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Delve |
To investigate a topic fully to immerse yourself |
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Backlash |
A violent strong reaction to s/thing |
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Gridlock |
Situation where things are at a stand still |
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Superhighway |
A highway faster wider than other highway |
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Underdog |
S/one expected to lose |
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Benchmark |
A measure to establish quality |
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Outsource |
Send work to an outside resource |
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Tip off |
Confidentiality info |
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Windchimes |
Decoration that make pleasant sound when hit by a breeze |
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Common sense |
Sound judgement |
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Overkill |
More of an action than is necessary |
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Defray |
To bear part or all of the last |
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Fragment |
Piece of something |
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Infraction |
Breaking of a law or rule |
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Ospery |
Big Bird of prey |
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Fractional |
Having to do with fractions |
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Frail |
Delicate weak early broken |
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Infringe |
Overstep trespass |
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Refractory |
Impossible to manage stubbornly disobident |
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Fractious |
Quarrel some irritable short fuse |
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Fritter |
To waste little by little |
