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30 Cards in this Set
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abrupt
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Happening suddenly, without warning.
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achieve
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To do what one sets out to do.
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attempt
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To try; to make an effort.
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contempt
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A feeling that someone or something is bad or unworthy.
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entertain
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To interest and amuse.
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glimpse
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To get a quick look at.
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mock
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To make fun at.
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persist
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To go on and on.
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persuade
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To win someone over by arguing or asking.
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phase
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A stage in a series of changes.
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quaint
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Odd or unusual in a pleasing or old-fashioned way.
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recall
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To remember.
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reject
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Something that falls short of what is acceptable.
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revise
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To change in order to bring up to date.
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sensitive
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Quick to notice or feel.
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When the bus made an ______ stop, several people were thrown off balance.
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abrupt
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Even though she was blind and deaf, Helen Keller _____ her goal of graduating from college.
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achieved
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When I ______ to leave class early, the teacher asked me to wait until the period was over.
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attempted
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Their classmates felt nothing but ___ for those who refused to help the new student.
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contempt
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My little brother Ramon _____ himself for house with his new paints.
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entertained
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I _____ a black bear near our campground.
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glimpsed
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Cinderella's stepsisters ____ her for thinking she could go to the ball.
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mocked
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If this rain ____, we'll have to cut our vacation short.
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persists
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Frank finally _____ me to read The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.
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persuaded
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The full moon is one of the ____ of the moon.
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phases
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Wooden shoes seem _____ to Americans, but not to the people of Holland.
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quaint
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Do you _____ what time we left for the soccer game?
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recall
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Peter buys factory ____ at the pottery store for much less than the price of perfect pieces.
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rejects
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The publishers of that dictionary _____ it every eight or ten years.
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revise
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My doctor is very _____ to my feelings.
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sensitive
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