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20 Cards in this Set
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stint
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(v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal;
(n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of wrok or duty; a period of activity |
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enmity
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(adj.) hatred, ill-will
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unflaging
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(adj.) tireless, continuing with vigor
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abut
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(v.) to join at one end or nextto; to support, prop up
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infiltrate
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(v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
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fervent
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(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
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avail
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(v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of;
(n.) use benefit, or value |
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stoical
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(adj.) self- controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or paln
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scavenger
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(n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
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perceptibl
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(adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
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gaunt
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(adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
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attire
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(n.) clothes, apparel;
(v.) to dess or adron |
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nullifiy
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(v.) to make if no value or consequnce, cancel, wipe out
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proclaim
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(v.) to declare publicly or officially
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proxy
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(n.) an agent, subsitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
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plumment
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(v.) to plunge stright down;
(n.) a weight fastened to a line |
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divergent
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(adj.) going in different dirrectins; differing from each other; departing from convention, deviant
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crony
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(n.) a very close friend, pal, chum
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rankle
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(v.) to cause anger, irritaiton, or bitterness (with the suggestions that the pain grows worse with time)
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cryptic
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(adj.) ppuzzling or mystifing
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