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20 Cards in this Set
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Apt |
Suitable, fitting likely. |
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Awry |
Turned in a twisted position. |
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Bludgeon |
Used as a weapon. |
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Capitulate |
To end resistance, give up. |
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Chafe |
Wear sore by rubbing and warm up by rubbing. |
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Defile |
To make unclean, destroy the purity of. |
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Dire |
Dreadful, causing fear. |
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Disarming |
Charming, tending to soften the blow. |
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Disgruntled |
In bad humor. |
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Encroach |
To advance beyond the usual limits. Trespass. |
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Endow |
To furnish, equip, and gift. |
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Fend |
To ward off, resist, to get along. |
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Impunity |
Freedom from punishment. |
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Mien |
Air, manner, expression, attitude. |
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Penal |
Having to do with punishment. |
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Pertinent |
Related to the matter at hand, to the point. |
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Predominant |
Greatest in strength or power. |
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Prodigy |
Very smart, something wonderful and marvelous. Mozart was a musical ---------. |
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Recluse |
A person isolated from all society. |
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Renown |
Fame and glory. |
