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20 Cards in this Set
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Adjourn
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v.- to stop proceedings temporarily; to move to another place
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Alien
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n.- citizen of another country
adj.- foreign; strange |
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Comely
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adj.- having a pleasing appearence
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compensate
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v.- to make up for; to repay for services
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dissolute
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adj.- loose in one's moral behaviors
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erratic
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adj. not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected
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expulsion
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n.- process of driving or forcing out
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feint
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n.- a diliberately deceptive movement; a pretense
v.- to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
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fodder
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n.- food for horse or cattle; raw material for a designed purpose
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fortify
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v.- to strengthen, build up
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illegible
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adj.- difficult or impossible to read
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jeer
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v.- to make fun of rudely or unkindly
n.- rude remark of derision |
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lucrative
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adj.- bringing in money; profitable
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mediocre
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adj.- average, ordinary undistinguished
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proliferate
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v.- to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
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subjugate
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v.- to conquer by force, bring under complete control
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sully
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v.- to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
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tantalize
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v.- to tease immensly
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terse
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adj.- brief and to the point
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unflinching
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adj.- firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
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