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25 Cards in this Set
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dun
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to pester for payment of debt "our landlord used to ______ us for rent and we were only six months behind"
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ebb
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a decline, a flowing back
ex. his fortunes at low ____, the exbanker now sells apples on the street corner |
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lax
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not strict or tight
ex. junior shot spitballs at the prettier classmates. discinpline was _____. |
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oaf
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a stupid clumsy fellow.
ex. in the midst of those clever, sophisticated people i felt like an ____. |
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opt
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choose.
ex. if senetors can ____to give themselves a raise, why can't shoe clerks do it? |
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urn
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a vase to hold ashes of a cremated body, a big metal coffee dispenser
ex. john keats wrote ode on a grecian ____ |
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vex
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irk, annoy
ex. the hippies swept rubbish under their carpet, a habit that seemed to ____ the landlady |
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avid
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very eager, greedy, keenly desirous
ex. my maiden aunt is a ____ reader, mostly of love stories |
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tome
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a heavy, learned book, a ponderous volume
ex. we found the professor with his nose in a dusty ____. |
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mot
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a clever saying, witticism, diss
ex. flo said tom's teeth looked like a deserted graveyard- what a nasty ____! |
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rehabilitate
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To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy
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sauntered
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To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll
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scant
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Barely sufficient: paid scant attention to the lecture.
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unobtrusively
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Not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
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simultaneously
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Happening, existing, or done at the same time.
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aquarius
aqu |
water
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audiometer
aud |
to hear
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per capita tax
capit |
head
per head |
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expedite
ped |
foot
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spectroscope
spect |
look
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temporize
tempor |
time
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post-mortem
post |
forward, favoring
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preamble
pre |
before
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unicameral
uni |
one
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bicameral
bi |
two
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