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11 Cards in this Set
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Belittle verb
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To make something seem less important
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The purpose of much campaign oratory is to belittle your opponent's record.
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Cache noun
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A hiding place; something hidden in a hiding place
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Police searched in vain for the cache of jewels,which the thieves had skillfully concealed.
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Dearth noun
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Shortage
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The dearth of citrus fruits led to a host of illnesses.
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Ebb verb
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To decline
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Investors watched their fortunes ebb as the stock market plunged to a new low.
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Facilitate verb
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To make easy; to bring about
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To facilitate our move, the company sent a crew to crate all of the furniture.
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Galvanize verb
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To arouse suddenly; to startle
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It took a mishap at Chernobyl to galvanize the peace movement into protesting vigorously.
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Hackneyed adjective
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Used too often; trite; commonplace
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Creative writers cringe when they hear egregiously hackneyed expressions.
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Iconoclast noun
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A person who attacks cherished beliefs or establishing institutions
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When she shook up the conservative firm, Gloria earned the reputation of being an iconoclast.
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Jargon noun
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The specialized vocabulary of members of a group
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The club members adopted a jargon that made the feel exclusive.
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Malicious adjective
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Spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful
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The malicious man led the widow through a labyrinth of schemes to deprive her of het fortune.
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Obliterate verb
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To blot out leaving no traces; to destroy
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The authorities feared that the heavy rain would obliterate all signs of,the escaped prisoner.
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