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20 Cards in this Set
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to adjust or change to suit conditions
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adapt
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to bear wittness, affirm to be true or genuine
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attest
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v. to fit together exactly, to connect so as to form a whole;
n. a carpentry figure resembling a "answer" |
dovetail
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the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act;huge size, immensity
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enormity
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to hesitate, stumble, lose courage, to speak hesitatingly, to lose drive, weaken, decline
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falter
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n.a warning or feeling that something bad will happen;
adj. marked by fear, ominous |
foreboding
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totally abandoned ans helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful, almost hopeless
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forlorn
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chillingly proud and scornful
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haughty
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a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
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impediment
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adj. necessary, urgent
n. a form of a verb expressing a command, that which is necessary or required. |
imperative
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to linger about in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry
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loiter
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to pretend ilness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
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malinger
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short but full of meaning and point
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pithy
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v. to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully
n. property stolen by force |
plunder
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v. to smile or speak in a silly, forced way
n. a silly, forced smile |
simper
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firmly fixed, not moving or changing
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steadfast
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much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
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vaunted
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to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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villify
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a person, usually a child withougt a home or a friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit
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waif
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twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
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wry
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