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20 Cards in this Set
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Atrophy |
The wasting away of a body organ; any decline or failure |
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Bastion |
A fortified place, stronghold |
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Concord |
A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
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Consummate |
Complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
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Disarray |
Disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder |
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Exigency |
Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need ; an emergency |
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Flotsam |
Floating debris; homeless, impoverish people |
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Frenetic |
Frenzied, higly agitated |
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Glean |
To gather bit by bit |
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Grouse |
To complain, grumble; a complaint |
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Incarcerate |
To imprison, confine, jail |
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Incumbent |
required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
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Jocular |
Humorous, jesting, jolly, jocking |
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Ludicrous |
Ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
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Mordant |
Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style;sharply or bitterly harsh |
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Nettle |
To arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
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Pecuniary |
Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
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Pusillianimous |
Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
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Recumbent |
In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
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Stratagem |
A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |