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25 Cards in this Set
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Aftermath |
1. The consequences of an event, especially a catastrophic event
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Altruist |
1. Someone who donates their time and money to help provide needy families with food and presents during the holidays
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Ascetic |
Someone who practices self denial |
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Attest |
To serve as proof |
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Countenance |
Face or appearance |
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Effigy |
An image or a statue, usually of a person |
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Evade |
Dodge danger through clever |
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Insinuate |
To be slyly indirect rather than attesting boldly |
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Intemperate |
Too much or excessive, in a negative way |
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Lacerate |
Any sort of jagged cutting such as broken glass might produce; to inflict sharp emotional pain |
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Macabre |
Gruesome, related to death. A feeling of fear and foreboding |
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Mien |
A look or manner of behaving |
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Overture |
A beginning |
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Prelude |
An introductory event or performance |
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Proficient |
To show great skill and knowledge |
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Reconnoiter |
To make a military observation (of a region |
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Redundant |
Giving way too many details often repeating too many words for the same idea |
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Rend |
To tear, pulling violently |
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Sate |
Fully satisfy |
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Scour |
To search thoroughly in determined pursuit of a villainous enemy or murderous traitor; to scrub completely clean; make clean by flowing through |
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Sensuous |
Pleasing to the senses and feels, looks, tastes or sounds good |
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Superfluous |
More than is needed or required |
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Surfeit |
Too much, referring to an excess or food or drink rather than words |
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Upshot |
The outcome of an action |
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Vital |
Absolutely essential |
