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15 Cards in this Set
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Caparisoned elephants. |
Caparisoned |
be decked out in rich decorative coverings. |
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The theory of structure on which later chemistry was _____. |
predicated |
found or base something on. |
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The government is ______ _____ with its plans to reorganize the penal system. |
pressing ahead |
to start or continue doing something in a determined way, although it is difficult |
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It was pouring with rain, but we _____ __ regardless. |
pressed on |
to start or continue doing something in a determined way, oftendespite problems |
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The new law was designed to _____ __ banks in danger of failure. |
shore up |
Support |
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The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some _____, can be summed up in an acronym. |
contrivance |
the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality. |
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______ cheap wine. |
Execrable |
extremely bad or unpleasant. |
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The two sides are ____ ___ television rights. |
haggling over |
dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something. |
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There was much difference of opinion at the Court of the Sultan whether the action of Austria should be treated as a _____ _____. |
casus belli |
an act or situation that provokes or justifies a war. |
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I will leave you two get _____. |
acquainted |
know someone slightly. |
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Voting power will be ______ according to contribution. |
apportioned |
divide up and share out. |
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Rain ____. |
awning |
a sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and used to keep the sun or rain off a shop window, doorway, or ship's deck. |
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Her ____ made his life impossible. |
caprices |
a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour. |
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The crimes _____ to Richard. |
imputed |
represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute |
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The excess of the sentence over 12 months was _____. |
remitted |
cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment). |
