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20 Cards in this Set
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apparel
noun verb |
clothing
to put clothes on or to dress |
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beseige
verb |
attack, blockade, to cause worry or harm, pressure
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compress
verb noun |
to press together, to reduce in size, shrink, condense
or a cloth or pad applied to an injury |
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denounce
verb |
to condemn, to accuse, critized, censure
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dispatch
verb noun |
slay, to send off, to kill or
an official message, report |
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douse
verb |
to drench, submerge, soak, dunk, immerse
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expressly
adverb |
plainly explained, pointedly
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famished
adj |
hungry /starving/ ravenous
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forsake
adj |
to give up, renounce, to leave or abandon, desert, disown
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gainful
adj |
profitable/bringing in money or something for advantage/paying
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immense
adj |
very large r great/ vast /gigantic
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inept
adj |
without skill, slumsy / incompetent
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ingenious
adj |
clever/ imaginative / resourceful / inventiveness
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instantaneous
adj |
done in an instant / immediate/ prompt / quick
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irk
verb |
to annoy, to trouble to make weary
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libel
noun Verb |
written false statement
to write a false statement |
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misgiving
noun |
feeling of fear doubt or uncertainty
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oaf
noun |
stupid person
clumsy /slow person dunce / clod/ lout |
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recede
Verb |
to go backward
more distant retreat |
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repast
noun |
meal / food
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