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10 Cards in this Set
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apt |
suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
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awry |
in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course |
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bludgeon |
a short club used as a weapon to strike with a heavy club; to use force on strong arguments to gain some point |
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capitulate |
to end resistance, give up, throw in the towel |
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chafe |
to warm by rubbing, to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
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defile |
to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in a single line or in columns a narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
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dire |
dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
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disarming |
charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion |
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disgruntled |
in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
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encroach |
to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
