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20 Cards in this Set
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to adjust or change to suit conditions
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adapt
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to bear witnesses, affirm to be true or genuine
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attest
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to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole
a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
dovetail
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the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
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enormity
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to hesitate, stumble, loser courage; to speak hesitatiingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
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falter
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a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
marked by fear, ominous |
foreboding
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totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitful; almost hopeless
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forlorn
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chillingly proud or scornful
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haughty
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a physical defect, a hindrance, obstacle
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impediment
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necessary, urgent
a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required |
imperative
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to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dwadle, tarry
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loiter
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to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
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malinger
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short but full of meaning and point
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pithy
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to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully
property stolen by force |
plunder
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to smile or speak in a silly forced way
a silly forced smile |
simper
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firmly fixed, constant, not moving or changing
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steadfast
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much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way.
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vaunted
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to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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villify
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a person, usualy a child, without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit
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waif
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twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and ofter grimly humorous
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wry
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