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20 Cards in this Set
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Auxiliary |
(adj.) giving assistance or support; (n.) a helper, aid |
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Candid |
(adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed |
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Cubicle |
(n.) a small room or compartment |
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Dredgery |
(n.) work that is hard and tiresome |
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Envoy |
(n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government) |
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Escalate |
(v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity |
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Expedient |
(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful |
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Feign |
(v.) to pretend |
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Flair |
(n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style |
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Grievous |
(adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious |
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Heterogeneous |
(adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse |
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Horde |
(n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng |
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Impel |
(v.) to force, drive forward |
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Incredulous |
(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical |
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Inscribe |
(v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list |
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Monologue |
(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person |
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Prognosis |
(n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation |
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Rasping |
(adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound |
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Repugnant |
(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful |
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Scuttle |
(v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n.) a pail |
