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24 Cards in this Set
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Quandry
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state of perplexity or uncertainty; dilemma
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nascent
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recently come into existance
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surcease
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to cease from action
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castellated
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architexture, bulit like a castle, esp. with turrets and battlements
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encompass
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to form a circle about; encircle; surround: he built a moat to encompass the castle
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tactual
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pertaining to the sense of touch
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zephyr
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gentle, mild breeze
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hone
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sharpen, make better
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incarnate
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embodied in flesh (a devil incarnate)
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idiom
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an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head,
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infuse
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to introduce, as if by pouring
-verb The energetic new principal infused new life into the school |
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voracious
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craving or consuming large quantities of food (a voracious appetite)
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indiscriminate
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not discriminating, lacking in care,
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despotic
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pertaining to, or of the mature of a despot of despotism; autocratic, tyrannical
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garish
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crudely or tastefully colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration
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subversive
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overthrow or cause the destruction of an established or legally constituted government
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inexorable
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unyeilding, unalterable, inexorable truth
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proficient
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well advanced and competant in art, science, a subject, sports etc.
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reiterate
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to say or do again or repeatedly
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coalesce
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-to grow together or into one body
The two lakes coaleced into one -verb |
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avenge
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to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for: to avenge a grave insult.
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revenge
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to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, esp. in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
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paradigm
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a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, esp. the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme.
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paragon
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a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence.
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