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14 Cards in this Set
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expound
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explained in detail
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closing the bible, the minister expounded the passage he had just read.
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cajole
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to persway, with false promises
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despite her best efforts, the mayor could not cajole Madame Harris into donating the land to the city.
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inscrutable
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not easily understood opposition of obvious
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the crazed stalker left an inscrutable message on my answering machine
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balk
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to refuse stubbornly or abruptly
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although Paul desperately needed the money, he balked at the idea to make less than minimum wage.
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acrimony
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bitter hostility animosity
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because of his acrimony the old man found himself lonely and friendless.
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dour
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stern, or I'll honored humorless expression
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the librarians dour expression and stereotypical bifocals contradicted her tattoos and noisy motorcycle
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exult
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rejoice or celebrate
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when the results were announced, the town widly exulted in its teams victory
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omniscient
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all knowing
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dad described santa Claus as an omnicient old man who knew whether we had been bad or good this year
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feasible
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reasonable
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though he is young, Jeff has a feasible plan to participate in the Olympic games.
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fiasco
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disaster
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our first date was a fiasco I lost contact lens, we got mugged, and a child threw up on alAmber's shoes on the subway
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metier
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to rise and fall irregularly
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the stock market flucturates so much that it seems silly to get upset when your stock goes down it will probably go back up tomorrow
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harry
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irritate annoy
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the baby's constant crying began to harry the other passengers on the plane
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incognito
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disguised
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the celebrity bought a disguise in order to travel incognito and avoid the Papparazzi
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lethargy
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lack of energy
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the heat and humidity caused him to sink intobthe couch, too overwhelmed with lethargy to move
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