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20 Cards in this Set
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garner (v)
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to amass; to acquire
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termagant (adj)
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shrewish; scolding; overbearing
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punctilious (adv)
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concerned about precise exact accordance with details and conventions; careful; conscientious
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stymie (v)
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to thwart; to stump
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coalesce (v)
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to grow together; to fuse
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tout (v)
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to solicit or importune
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nomadic (adj)
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tending to travel and change settlements frequently
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verdant (adj)
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lacking experience or sophistication; naive
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nonplus (v)
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to put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; to bewilder
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Inveterate (adj)
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firmly and long established; deep-rooted
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tedious (adj)
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tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring
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aerial (adj)
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suggestive of air, as in lightness; airy; unsubstantial
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inquest (n)
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an investigation or inquiry
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effrontery (n)
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brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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unheralded (adj)
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without warning or announcement
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cleave (v)
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to split with or as if with a sharp instrument
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concave (adj)
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curved like the inner surface of a sphere
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equanimity (n)
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the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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Matriculate (v)
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to admit or be admitted into a group; to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
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ossify (v)
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to become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; opposed to change
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