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20 Cards in this Set
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adroit |
(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
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amicable |
(Adj.)peaceable, friendly |
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averse |
(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwiling |
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belligerent |
(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war |
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benvolent |
(adj.) kindly, charitable |
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cursory |
(adj.)hasty, not thorough |
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duplicity |
(v.) treachery, deceitfulness |
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extol |
(v.) to praise extravagantly |
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feasible |
(adj.) possible, able to be done |
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grimance |
(n.)a wry face, facial distortion;(v.) to make a wry face |
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holocaust |
(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
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impervious |
(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or enrance |
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impetus |
(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
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jeopardy |
(n.) danger |
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meticulous |
(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details |
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nostagia |
(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness |
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quintessence |
(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
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retrogress |
(v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition in the novel |
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scrutinize |
(v.) to examine closely |
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tepid |
(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic,marked by an absence of interest. |
