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10 Cards in this Set
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auspicious |
adjective- promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
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bemoan |
verb- to express distress or grief over; lament
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calamity |
noun- a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
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vociferous |
adjective- crying out noisily; clamorous.
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predecessor |
noun- a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.
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languish |
verb- to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
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candor |
noun- the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness.
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belligerent |
adjective- of warlike character; aggressively hostile;
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flippant |
adjective- frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness;characterized by levity
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paraphrase |
noun- a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
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