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20 Cards in this Set
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Appraise
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When you appraise something, you decide how valuable you think it is.
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Copious
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If you have a copious amount of something, you have a lot of it.
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Deride
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If you deride something or someone, you laugh and make fun of it.
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Disdainful
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If you are disdainful, you look down on others because you believe you or better.
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Eclipse
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If something eclipes something else, it takes the attention away from it being larger or more important.
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Glut
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If you are glutted with something, you have so much of it you can never use it all.
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Ironic
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If something is ironic, it is strange or funny because it is the opposite of what you would expect.
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Plod
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Someone who plods walks slowly and heavily, without much energy or excitement.
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Rrlsm
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A relam is an area under someone or somethings control.
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Tawdry
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Something tawdry is cheap looking and usually in bad taste.
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Brunt
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If you experience the brunt of something, you get the full force or worst part of it.
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Deluge
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A deluge is a large amount of something coming at you all at once, such as a heavy rainstorm.
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Ecstatic
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If you are ecstatic, you are extremely happy and excited.
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Intact
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If something is intact, it is whole and has not been damaged.
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Looming
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If something is looming over you, it feels like a big and frightening problem.
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Maw
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A maw is the mouth or jaws of a vicious animal.
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Peripheral
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Something that is described as being peripheral to something else is on the outer part of it.
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Ponderous
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Something ponderous is heavy and slow moving.
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Submerged
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Something that is submerged is completely covered by a liquid.
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Wallow
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If you wallow through something, you move through it slowly and with difficulty.
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