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20 Cards in this Set
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Adept |
(adj.) thoroughly skilled (n.) and expert |
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Aspire |
(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly |
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Bleak |
(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal |
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Chide |
(v.) to blame, scold |
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Despicable |
(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible |
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Diminutive |
(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type. |
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Emancipate |
(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate |
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Erroneous |
(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes. |
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Exploit |
(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit (n.) a feat, deed |
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Extemporaneous |
(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
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Impair |
(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm |
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Invincible |
(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable. |
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Languid |
(adj.) dropping; without energy, sluggish |
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Mire |
(n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation (v.) to get stuck |
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Obtrusive |
(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out |
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Preamble |
(n.) an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
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Render |
(v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract |
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Rugged |
(adj.) rough, irregular; severe, stern; string; stormy |
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Skeptical |
(adj.) inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true |
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Slipshod |
(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc; careless, sloppy |
