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17 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate
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improve
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The situation will AMELIORATE with time.
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Collusion
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secret agreement
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It seems that the store manager worked in COLLUSION with the two theives.
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Depreciate
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lose in value, belittle
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The car is bound to DEPRECIATE in value as it gets older.
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Electives
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chosen by votes, optional
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All students must take English, but art and music are ELECTIVES.
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Exploit
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make full use of, take unfair advantage of, or a daring deed
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Talented children are sometimes EXPLOITED by their parents.
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Facismile
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exact copy
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This shop sells FACSIMILES of paintings at very low prices.
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Gesticulate
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wave one's arms
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Despite or frantic GESTICULATIONS, the waitress continued to ignore us.
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Imperturbable
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calm (reffering to people only)
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Her IMPERTERBABILITY had a calming effect on the other passengers.
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Lionized
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hold in great esteem
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Celebrities such as movie stars are LIONIZED for a few years, then quickly forgotten.
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Opiate
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soothing drug
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Morphine and other OPIATES are being smuggled into the country.
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Paucity
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scarcity
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The choir suffers from a PAUCITY of good male voices.
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Scathing
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biting severe
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The principal administered a SCATHING rebuke to the two bullies.
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Species
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kinds of plants and animals
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The lion and the tiger belong to different SPECIES of the cat family.
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Stipend
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salary
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A pensioner's STIPEND is often barely sufficient enough for him or her to live on.
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Ulterior
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hidden, future
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I suspect the he has an ULTERIOR motive for his request.
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Vainglorious
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boastful
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She was a VAINGLORIOUS and arrogant woman, full of her own importance.
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Wizened
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wrinkled
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His face was so WIZENED that I believed him when he said he was ninety years old.
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