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20 Cards in this Set
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Auxiliary
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(adj) giving assistance or support;
(n) a helper, aid |
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Candid
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(adj) frank, sincere; impartial;
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Cubicle
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(n) a small room or compartment
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Drudgery
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(n) work that is hard and tiresome
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Envoy
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(n) a representative or messenger (as of a government)
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Escalate
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(v) to elevate; to increase in intensity
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Expedient
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(n) a means to an end;
(adj) advantageous, useful |
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Feign
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(v) to pretend
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Flair
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(n) a natural quality; talent, or skill; a distinctive style
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Grievous
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(adj) causing sorrow or pain; serious
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Heterogeneous
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(adj) composed of different kinds, diverse
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Horde
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(n) a vast number (as of people); a throng
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Impel
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(v) to force, drive forward
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Incredulous
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(adj) disbelieving, skeptical
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Inscribe
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(v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
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Monologue
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(n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
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Prognosis
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(n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
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Rasping
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(adj) with a harsh, grating sound;
(n) a harsh sound |
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Repugnant
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(adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
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Scuttle
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(v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; get rid of something in a decisive way;
(v) to run hastily, scurry |
