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15 Cards in this Set
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The careers of those complicit in the cover-up were ____. |
blighted |
spoil, harm, or destroy. |
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Irony has seldom been more ____. |
perverse |
showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable. |
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Some gave themselves fierce ____ __ _____ like ‘Rambo’. |
noms de guerre |
an assumed name under which a person engages in combat or some other activity or enterprise. |
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______ generalizations. |
Facile |
ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial. |
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A ____ seven-lengths victory. |
facile |
(of success, especially in sport) easily achieved |
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I hope that you will ___ ___ from what we told you today. Even though you did not win the race, ___ ____ from the fact that you did your best. I told her to ___ ___ and try again next time. |
take heart |
to receive courage or comfort from some fact. |
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A few people were left, dancing in a _____ fashion. |
desultory |
lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
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Juliet pushed a ____ of toast into her mouth. |
morsel |
a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful |
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The acrobats were ______ up for the big show. |
limbering |
warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sport or athletics. |
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I have to practise to keep myself ____. |
limber |
(of a person or body part) lithe or supple. |
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His _____ pony. |
refractory |
stubborn or unmanageable. |
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I _____ and butchered the whale. |
flensed |
slice the skin or fat from (a carcass, especially that of a whale). |
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____ ___, the old man's a bit of a case. |
Entre nous |
between ourselves; privately |
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An oil tanker that had ____ __ course. |
veered off |
to begin to go in the wrong direction |
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A man of refreshing _____. |
candour |
the quality of being open and honest; frankness. |
