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20 Cards in this Set
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Adapt
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v. to adjust or change
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attest
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v. to bear witness affirm to be true or genuine
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dovetail
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v to fit together exactly
n. a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
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enormity
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n. the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceeding evil act; huge size, immensity
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falter
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v. to hestate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
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foreboding
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n. warning or feeling that something bad is going to happen
adj. marked by fear, ominous |
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forlorn
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adj. totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost helpless
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haughty
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adj. chillingly proud and scornful
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impediment
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n. a physical defect; a hindrance, obsticle
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imperative
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adj. necessary, urgent;
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loiter
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v. to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry
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malinger
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v. to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
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pithy
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adj. short but to the point
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plunder
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v. to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully
n. property stolen by force |
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simper
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v. to smile or speak in a silly forced way
n. a silly, forced smile |
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steadfast
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adj. firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
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vaunted
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adj. much boasted about in vain or swaggering way
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villify
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v. to abuse or belittle unjustly or malicously
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waif
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n. a person without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit
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wry
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adj. twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
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