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19 Cards in this Set
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Sustenance
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Dictionary: A source of food or drink that gives nourishment.
Self: A source of nourishment that helps you sustain your energy. |
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Tenuous
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Dictionary: Very weak or slight.
Self: Something easily breakable. |
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Anticlimactic
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Dictionary: A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise.
Self: Flat or boring |
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Sanctioned
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Definition: Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid.
Self: Permission from someone of higher rank that allows you to carry out an action. |
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Adversaries
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Dictionary: An opponent; an enemy.
Self: A person against you or your cause. |
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Irredeemable
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Dictionary: Something that cannot be bought back or paid off.
Self: Not being able to come back from something. |
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Ferocity
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Dictionary: The state or quality of being ferocious.
Self: fierceness |
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Stagnant
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Dictionary: Not moving or flowing; motionless.
Self: still |
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Stigmatize
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Definition: To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious.
Self: To categories someone as shameful. |
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Audacity
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Dictionary: Fearless daring ; intrepidity
Self: to have a lot of guts. |
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Decrepit
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Dictionary: Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.
Self: rundown ; weak |
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Unconscionable
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Dictionary: 1. Not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous.
Self: Having no guiding voice or thoughts. |
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Pandemonium
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Dictionary: A very noisy place.
Self: An uproar of noise or chaos. |
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Callous
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Dictionary:Having calluses; toughened.
Self: Being emotionally hardened. |
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Turpitude
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Dictionary: Depravity; baseness.
Self: wickedness |
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Rhetoric
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Definition: a. The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively.
b. A treatise or book discussing this art. Self: A question asked that is not meant to be answered. |
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Expurgate
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Dictionary: To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.
Self: to remove foul language and inappropriate content before finalizing. |
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Manifest
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Dictionary: Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious.
Self: Something seen or understood clearly. |
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Delve
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Dictionary: To search deeply and laboriously.
Self: to dive into or explore knowledge. |
