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16 Cards in this Set
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Flaunt
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(v.) to wave or flutter showily; to display in a conceited, offensive way.
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Instill
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(v.) to add gradually; to intorduce or cause to be taken in
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Finesse
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(n.) delicate skill; tact and cleverness;(v.) to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgement, or skillful evasion.
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articulate
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(v.) to pronouce distincly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system;(adj.)able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully.
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Purge
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(v.) to wash away impurities, clean up;(n.) the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively
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anguish
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(n.) great suffering, distress, or pain; (v.) to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow.
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forthright
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(adj.,adv.) frank, direct, straightforward.
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bask
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(v.) to ve in, or expose well in words; to fit together into a system;(adj.) able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully.
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Genial
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(adj.) cordial, pleasently cheerful or warm
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abashed
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(adj.) embarrassed or ashamed
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Ostracize
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(v.0 to exclude from a group, banish, send away.
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defect
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(n.) an imperfection or flaw of some kind;(v.) to desert a cuase or organization.
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Premonition
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(n.) a forewarning or foreboding of a future event.
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aloof
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(adj.) withdrawn, standing apart from others(usually as a matter of choice)
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Ostracize
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(v.0 to exclude from a group, banish, send away.
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Pseudonym
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(n.) a pen name, name assumed by a writer.
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