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20 Cards in this Set
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Adept
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adj. throughly skilled
n. An expert |
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Aspire
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v. to have ambitions, hope, or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascentd.
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bleak
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adj. bare, dreary, dismal
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chide
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v. to blame, scold
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despicable
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adj. worthy of scorn, contemptible
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diminutive
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adj. small, smaller than most others of the same type
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emancipate
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v. to free from slavery, to release or liberate
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erroneous
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adj. incorrect, containing mistakes
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exploit
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v. to make use of, develope; to make improper use of personal profit; n. a feat, deed
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extemporaneous
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adjl. made or delivered on the spur of the moment
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impair
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v. to make imperfect, damage, harm
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invincible
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adj. not able to be defeated, unbeatable
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languid
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adj. dropping; without energy, sluggish
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mire
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n. mud; wet, swanmpy ground; a tough situation;
v. to get stuck |
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obstrusive
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adj. forward; undesireably prominent; thrust out
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preamble
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n. an introduction to a speach or piece of writing
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render
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v. to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
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rugged
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adj. rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy
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skeptical
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adj. inclined to doupt; slow to accept something as true
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slipshod
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adj. untidy in dress, personal habits, etc. careless sloppy.
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