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13 Cards in this Set
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Adapt
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to adjust or change to suit conditions
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Attest
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to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
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dovetail
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to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; a carpentry figure resembling a doves tail.
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Enormity
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the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
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falter
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to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, deline
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foreboding
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a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; marked by fear,ominous
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forlorn
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totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely, wretched and pitiful; almost hopless
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haughty
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chiling proud and scornful
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impediment
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a physical defect; a hinderance, obsticale
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imperative
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necessary, urgent; a form of a verb expressing a command; the which is necessary or required
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loiter
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to linger in an aimless way, hang around
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malinger
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to pretend illness to avoid work or duty
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pithy
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short but full of meaning and point
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