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20 Cards in this Set
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Atone 3 |
(v) positive -to make up for -"atone for my rudeness towards my mom" -S:Apologize,correct -A:disagree,spoil |
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Bondage 4 |
negative (n.)- slavery; any state of being bounded or held down -"the black people used to be bondages" S;servitude A:liberty |
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Credible 2 |
postitive (adj)-believable "only a few people found her story credible" S:believable A:fake |
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Defray 2 |
positive - (v.) to pay for "The people who paid to get into the movie help to Defray the theatre" S:cover A:broke |
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Diligent |
(adj)- hardworking, industrious, not lazy "after diligent search you could see the floor" S: hard working A:lazy |
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Doleful |
- (adj) sad; dreary "doleful look on her face" S: cheerless A: happy |
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Ghastly |
- (adj): frightful, horrible, deathly pal "a ghastly death " S:awful A:beautiful |
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•Hamper |
- (v.) to hold back "i had to hamper this guy from punching someone someone" S: creel A: let go |
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Hew: |
(v.) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to " my dad had to hew my favorite tree because it got to big" S:carve A:keep |
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Impoverished- |
(adj) poor, in a state of poverty, depleted "some people moved out of a house because they were so impoverished" S:low A:high |
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Incessant- |
(adj) never stopping, going on all the time "my mom always says I'm incessant because I'm always running around" S:busy A:bored |
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•Intricate |
(adj) complicated; difficult to understand "some kid at my school has speech problems so its intricate him." S: confusing A: clear |
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Lucid |
(adj)- easy to understand, clear; rational, sane "its so Lucid me because i talk clear" S: easy A: hard to understand |
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Posthumous- |
(adj) occurring or published after death "Posthumous my grandma died we had to take stuff out of her house" S: death A: alive |
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Prim |
(adj) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish "I have OCD so I'm really prim about everything " S: organized A: dirty |
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Sardonic- |
(adj)- grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic " A group of girls at school always talk about people in a sardonic way" S:rude A:nice |
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. Superfluous- |
(adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess "i had to read a whole book because it was superfluous for the english project S: have to do A: optional |
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Supplant |
(v)- to take the place of, supersede " i supplanted of my friend in the play because i was the understudy and she was sick S:replace A: |
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Taunt |
- (v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.)- an insulting or mocking remark "i was taunting my sister because she didn't get candy and i did" S:brag A: ignore |
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Tenacious- |
(adj)- holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent " i tenaciously held my papers together so they wouldn't fall out of my hand" S:force A:loose |
