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19 Cards in this Set
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Adapt
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to adjust or change to suit conditions
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Attest
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to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
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Dovetail
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to fit together exactly
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Enormity
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exceedingly evil act, huge size
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Falter
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to hesitate, stumble, lose courage
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Foreboding
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a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
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Forlorn
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totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonley
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Haughty
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chillingly proud and scornful
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Impediment
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a physical defect
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Imperative
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necessary, urgent
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Loiter
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to linger in an aimless way
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Malinger
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to pretend illness to avoid duty or work
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Pithy
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short but full of meaning and point
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Plunder
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to rob by force
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Simper
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to smile or speak in a silly, forced way
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Steadfast
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firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
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Vaunted
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much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
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Vilify
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to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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Waif
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a person (usually a child) without a home or friend
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