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20 Cards in this Set
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n. strong dislike, bitter hostility
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animosity
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n. a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
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apathy
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adj. fearful or anxious , especially about the future
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apprehensive
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v. to praise express approval, to present as worthy of attention, to commit to the care of
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commend
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adj. able to get along or work well together , capable of use with some other model or system
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compatible
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n. an expression of sympathy
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condolence
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v. to make sacred, hallow, to set apart for a special purpose
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consecrate
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adj. old and feeble, worn-out, ruined
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decrepit
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v. to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
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deride
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adj. innocent, frank, sincere
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ingenuous
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adj. having great variety, numerous and diverse
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multifarious
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adj. out-of-date, no longer in use
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obsolete
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adj. eating every kind of food, eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes
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omnivorous
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adj. stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small
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parsimonious
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n. a state of perplexity or doubt
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quandary
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adj. stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
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recalcitrant
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n. an injury done in return for injury
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reprisal
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v. to take great pleasure in, n. a wild celebration
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revel
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v. to make ineffective or useless, cripple, to have a dulling effect on
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stultify
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adj. smoothly agreeable or polite, pleasing to the senses
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suave
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