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80 Cards in this Set
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Authorize |
To allow or permit |
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Culprit |
Someone who has committed a crime |
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Dawlde |
To fool around and waste time |
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Dissect |
To cut apart |
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Expend |
To use up |
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Fatality |
An event resulting in death |
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Gullible |
Easily fooled |
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Illicit |
Not permitted |
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Immerse |
To plunge into |
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Inflammatory |
Causing excitement |
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Memorandum |
Note to aid ones memory |
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Patheic |
Marked by strong emotion |
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Persevere |
Keep doing something despite difficulties |
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Prevaricate |
To lie |
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Quash |
To crush |
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Relish |
Enjoyment |
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Reminisce |
To recall ones past thoughts |
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Scour |
To clean or polish |
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Tribute |
Something done or given |
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Writhe |
Make twisting and turning movements |
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Affluence |
Wealth |
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Arrears |
Unpaid or overuse debt |
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Cascade |
Steep narrow waterfall |
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Cringe |
To shrink back or hide in fear |
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Crotchety |
Cranky |
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Format |
Size, shape, and arrangement of something |
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Immobile |
Not moveable |
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Impassable |
Not able to go through |
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Innovation |
Something new, change |
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Jovial |
Good humored |
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Manacle |
Handcuff |
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Martial |
Warlike |
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Minimum |
Least amount possible |
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Nimble |
Quick and skillful |
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Onset |
The beginning of something |
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Partition |
Something that divides |
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Perishable |
Likely to spoil |
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Retrieve |
To ins and bring back |
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Sinister |
Evil |
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Taut |
Tightly drawn, tense |
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Avenge |
Revenge |
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Cede |
To give up |
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Deluge |
A great flood |
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Discretion |
Good judgement |
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Giddy |
Dizzy |
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Impact |
Striking I one object against another |
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Intimidate |
To make timid or frighten by threats |
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Liberate |
To free from bondage or domination |
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Logical |
Reasonable |
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Misrepresent |
To give false or true idea |
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Optional |
Left to ones choice |
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Outrught |
Complete |
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Rendezvous |
To meet in accordance with a plan |
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Rotund |
Round and plump |
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Saunter |
To stroll |
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Sluggish |
Lazy |
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Subordinate |
Lower in rank or position |
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Tint |
Delicate color or hue |
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Variable |
Likely to undergo change |
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Verge |
The point in which something begins |
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Abominable |
Arousing hatred |
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Bumbling |
Awkward |
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Consequence |
A result |
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Delude |
To fool |
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Dole |
To give out in small amounts |
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Engulf |
To swallow up |
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Foil |
To defeat |
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Formulaye |
To express definitely or systematically |
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Initiative |
Taking the first step or move |
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Memento |
Something that serves as a reminder |
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Nonconformist |
A person who refuses to follow established ideas |
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Null and void |
Without legal force |
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Panorama |
Wide unobtrusive view of an area |
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Posterity |
A persons offspring |
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Pey |
To pull loose by force |
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Reburbish |
To brighten |
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Resourceful |
Able to deal promptly with all sorts of problems |
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Rigorous |
Harsh, strict, severe |
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Sunsequent |
Coming after, following in time, place, and order |
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Unerring |
No mistakes |