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25 Cards in this Set
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Aftermath
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1.consequence 2.end result 3.effect
what happens after something took place |
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Altruist
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A person unselfishly actions to ensure the wealth fare of others when a person helps someone in need or protects them out of kindness
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Ascetic
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practice self denial,significance an austere focus on one thing so much and dont really make themselves happy and are alone
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Attest
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Serves as proof,offer strong supportive statements
evidence that something happened or proof of that
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Countenance
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face of appearance,permission,approve
the way a persons face look when doing something
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Effigy
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1.an image or statue,usually of a person 2.a national revolution
a staute of someone either for a positive or negative reason
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Evade
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the enemy,dodging danger through clever strategy
a person who tries to get out of something by avoiding or lying
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Insinuate
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to be slyly indirect
trying to say something bad or mean but make it sound a little bit better or so they wont notice that its mean
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Intemperate
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means too much or excessive,but in a negative way
doing something unhealthy to the odd for a long time example drinking,drugs
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Lacerate
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the flesh of a human or animal,the skin
the cutting of skin or mangling or feelings being sharply insulted
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Macabre
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displays such as decaying skeletons and bloody tombstones
a scary sight or feeling from looking at a macabre
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Mien
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a look or manner of behaving
they way one such person acts to things
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Overture
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1. another word for a beginning 2.a sign that you want to chat
when something happens that signals the beginning of something such as lights dimming at a movie theater
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Prelude
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an introductory event or performance
giving information or a thing for the rest of something
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Proficient
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to show great skills or knowledge
to be very skilled at whatever you do such as sports
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Reconnoiter
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approach a location carefully to check out and to gather information
a survey of something or inspection of something
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Redundant
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gives way too many details often repeating too many words for the same idea
saying or doing something twice for mo reason
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Rend
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to tear pulling apart violently
to tear or rip something so bad
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Sate
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fully satisfies,the appetite of holiday guests
to fulfill or satisfy like drinking water after a long day in the sun
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Scour |
the countryside, searching thoroughly in determined pursuit of a villainous enemy or murderous traitor
looking/doing something very carefully
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Sensuous |
experience is pleasing to the senses and feels, looks, tastes or sounds good
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Superfluous |
beyond what is needed or required
having to much of a certain thing
or doing something a lot |
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Surfeit |
too much, but this word is most frequently employed to refer to an excess of food or drink rather than words.
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Upshot |
the outcome of an action
doing something bad and the outcome is a consequence |
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Vital |
to be absolutely essential
you need that certain thing to live or do something |