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40 Cards in this Set
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augment
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(v) to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase
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disparage
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(v) to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle
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pernicious
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(adj) causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
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portentous
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(adj) marvelous; amazing; prodigious
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enmity
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(n) mutual hatred or, ill will
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feign
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(v) to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
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entreat
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(v)to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
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indignation(n)
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anger at unfairness
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exultation(n)
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to be very happy
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insolent(adj)
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disrespectful
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desolate(adj)
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deserted, lonely
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intangible(adj)
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not touchable
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capitulate(v)
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to surrender
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corpulent(adj)
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obese
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defiance(n)
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open disobediance
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inexorable(adj)
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unstoppable
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chagrin(n)
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anger at being let down
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debauchery(n)
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immoral behavior
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rebuke(v)
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to criticize or reprimand someone
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trepidation(n)
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fear or uneasiness about future or future event
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despoil(v)
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to rob or everything; plunder
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contrite(adj)
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deeeply sirry for a wrongdoing/sin
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incredulous(adj)
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unable to believe something
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prefix
de- |
remove, undo, away
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meter
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measure
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hyper
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too much, overly
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extra
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outside of
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sym/n
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togeher, with, beside
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inter
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between two or more
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-ize
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to casue to be, to become, to make into
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dis
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not, against, take away
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able
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able to, capable of
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Graph, Gram
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writing, writtten
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a-
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without, not
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-ness
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the state of
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pan
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all, multiple
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ante
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before
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re
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again, new; back
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omni
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all
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-ory
-orium -ary -arium |
place where
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