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15 Cards in this Set
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To bring to an end; to do away with
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abolish
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Great pain of mind or body;suffering
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Agony
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Very painful
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Agonizing
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A machineused in ancient warsthat threw objects with great force.
To move or be moved suddenlyand with greatforce;as if by catapult |
Catapult
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To speak out against something;to critize
To accuse someone of duing wrong |
Denounce
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To go upor increase in size or scope
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Escalate
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Ro cause something painful to be felt
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Inflict
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To hate or dislike greatly
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Loathe
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A feeling of hatered
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Loathing
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To involve oneself inother people's affars without being asked
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Meddle
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Given to taking part in others' affairs without being asked
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Meddlesome
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Tomake up for, to be equivalent to
To pay for |
Compensate
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Payment or whatever is given or done to make up for something
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Compensation
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To lay down
To put money into a bankaccount or to give as partial payment Something laid down MOney put into a bank account or given as partial payment |
Deposit
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Having little strength ,weak
Not very believable or satisfying |
Feeble
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