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15 Cards in this Set
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Adversity |
Misfortune; hardship |
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Cardinal |
Most important; chief |
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Credible |
Believable; reliable |
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Empathise |
To show understanding of another's feelings |
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Faculty |
1. Any of the natural powers of mind and body 2. An inborn ability 3. All the teachers of a school |
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Harrowing |
Very distressing or acutely painful |
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Impair |
To damage, weaken or lessen |
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Infer |
To reach a conclusion through reasoning |
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Intuition |
Sensing something without the use of reason |
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Manifest |
Plain to see; evident |
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Nuance |
A very slight change in meaning or intention |
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Pernicious |
Very destructive or harmful |
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Solace |
Comfort or relief in sorrow or distress |
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Treatise |
A methodically and thoroughly written discussion of a topic |
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Vogue |
The popular fashion at the time |
