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20 Cards in this Set
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adept
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thoroughly skilled
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an ___________ musician
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aspire
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to have ambitious hopes or plans
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____________ to be an honors student
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bleak
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bare, dreary, dismal
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depressed by the _________ landscape
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chide
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to blame, scold
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___________ the student for his rudeness
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despicable
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worthy of scorn , contemptible
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shocked by his ________________ selfishness
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diminutive
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small, smaller than most others of the same type
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the ________________ lapdog
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emancipate
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to free from slavery; to release or liberate
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_________________ from superstitions
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erroneous
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incorrect, containing mistakes
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prove his statement to be _____________
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exploit
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to make use of, develop
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____________ the mineral deposits
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extemporaneous
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made or delivered on the spur of the moment
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an __________________ speech
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impair
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to make imperfect, damage, harm
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__________ his confidence
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invincible
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not able to be defeated, unbeatable
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cheered the ____________ champion
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languid
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drooping; without energy, sluggish
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felt __________ late in the afternoon
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mire
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mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation
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sink into the _______
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obstrusive
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forward, undesirably prominent; thrust out
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put off by his ___________ behavior
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preamble
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an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
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the _____________ to the Constitution
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render
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to cause to become
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wait for the jury to ________ the verdict
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rugged
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rough, irregular
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climbed some ____________ mountains
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skeptical
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inclined to doubt
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_____________ of the rumors
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slipshod
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untidy in dress, personal habits
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____________ construction methods
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