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10 Cards in this Set
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DEFAME
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*TO LIBEL OR SLANDER, TAKE AWAY A GOOD NAME
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* -------- AND DEFEATED, NAPOLEON WAS EXILED TO THE ISLAND ELBA
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DRACONIAN
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HARD, SEVERE,CRUEL
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*Mr. Jeb had a _____ personality. Nothing his students did pleased him and rarely did they pass.
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CURVILINEAR
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FORMED, BOUND, OR CHARACTERIZED BY CURVED LINES
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*Surveyors have special instruments to lay out _____ streets in subdivisions.
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ELAPSE
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TO PASS OR GO BY (SAID OF TIME)
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*Time _____s slowly when someone is awaiting important news.
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VEER
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TO CHANGE IN DIRECTION
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KARMA
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FATE; DESTINY; TO DETECT GOOD OR BAD VIBRATIONS FROM SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
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ASTUTE
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QUICK IN DISCERNMENT; SHREWD; CLEVER; KEEN
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MISNOMER
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AN INCORRECT OR INAPPROPRIATE NAME
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RESURGENT
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A RISE AFTER DEFEAT
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ARTISAN
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A WORKER SKILLED IN A CRAFT
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