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10 Cards in this Set
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aggress |
v. i. - To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on. v. t. - To set upon; to attack. n. - Aggression. |
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congress |
n. - A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter. n. - A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things. n. - A gathering or assembly; a conference. |
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digress |
v. i. - To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking. v. i. - To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend. n. - Digression. |
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egress |
n. - The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. n. - The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit. v. i. - To go out; to depart; to leave. |
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ingress |
n. - The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. n. - Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited. n. - The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. v. i. - To go in; to enter. |
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ogress |
n. - A female ogre. |
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progress |
n. - A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance n. - In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. n. - In the growth of an animal or plant; increase. |
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regress |
n. - The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". n. - The power or liberty of passing back. v. i. - To go back; to return to a former place or state. |
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tigress |
n.- The female of the tiger. |
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transgress |
v. t. - To pass over or beyond; to surpass. |
