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20 Cards in this Set
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abet |
To encourage, assist, aide |
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aver |
To affirm, declare confidently |
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blatant |
Noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous |
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broach |
To bring up or begin to talk about a subject; to announce, inteoduce |
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Buttress |
To support, prop up, strengthen |
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Carousel |
Noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking) |
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collate |
To compare critically in order to note difference, similarities |
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connoisseur |
An expert, one who is well qualified. |
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Disconsolate |
Deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope |
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Encumber |
To weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt) |
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Foment |
To promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm |
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Grisly |
Frightful, horrible, ghastly |
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Herculean |
Related to Hercules; characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength |
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Impassive |
Showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless |
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Inauspicious |
Unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future |
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Incontrovertible |
Unquestionable, beyond dispute |
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Nonplussed |
Puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss |
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Oppurtune |
Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose |
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Prolific |
Abundantly productive; abundant, profuse |
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Rejoinder |
A reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit. |
