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20 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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clever, dexterous
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amicable
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(adj.) peaceable, friendly
ami: friend |
friendly
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averse
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(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
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disinclined
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belligerent
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(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive;
(n.) one at war, one engaged in war |
aggressive, assertive
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benevolent
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(adj.) kindly, charitable
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kindly, charitable
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cursory
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(adj.) hasty, not thorough
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hasty, superficial
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duplicity
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(n.) treachery, deceitfulness
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fraud, trickery
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extol
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(v.) to praise extravagantly
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applaud, acclaim
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feasible
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(adj.) possible, able to be done
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workable, practicable
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grimace
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(n.) a wry face, facial distortion;
(v.) to make a wry face |
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holocaust
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(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
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devastation, annihilation
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impervious
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(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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impenetrable
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impetus
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(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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jeopardy
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(n.) danger
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risk, hazard, peril
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meticulous
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(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details
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fastidious, painstaking
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nostalgia
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(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness
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longing, homesickness
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quintessence
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(n.) to purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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paragon, model
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retrogress
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(v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
retro: back gress: to move |
revert
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scrutinize
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(v.) to examine closely
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inspect
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tepid
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(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
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insipid
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