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20 Cards in this Set
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abscond |
(verb) to run off and hide |
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access |
(noun) approach or admittance to places, person, things; an increase (verb) |
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anarchy |
(noun) a lack of government and law; confusion |
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arduous |
(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort |
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auspicious |
(adj) favorable; fortunate |
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daunt |
(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
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disentangle |
(v) to free from tangles or complications |
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fated |
(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
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hoodwink |
(v) to mislead by a trick, swindle |
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inanimate |
(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit |
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incinerate |
(v) to burn to ashes |
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intrepid |
(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshankable |
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larceny |
(n) theft |
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pliant |
(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced |
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pompous |
(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
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precipice |
(n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
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prototype |
(n) an original model on which later versions are patterned |
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rectify |
(v) to make right, correct |
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reprieve |
(n) a temporary relief or delay; (v): to grant a postponement |
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revile |
(v) to attack with words, call bad names |
