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Card A 651-675

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n. one who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity pauper
v. to smile in a self-satisfied or artificial way smirk
adj. painstaking and steady diligent
n. a fight or brawl fray
adj. rude impertinent
v. to stop something from reaching its intended destination intercept
v. to restrict by imprisonment; to keep in prison incarcerate
n. a living place that is very filthy and dirty hovel
n. formation of an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy conception
v. to handle badly; to botch or mess up bungle
n. one who spends money wastefully spendthrift
adj. characterized by doing good benevolent
n. a speech or written tribute in praise of someone who has died eulogy
adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent insolent
v. to refer to or quote cite
adj. excessively arrogant; overbearing overweening
v. to corrupt; to desecrate or sully defile
n. utter disorder shambles
n. a female horse mare
n. complete disorder chaos
adj. dull-witted; unrefined crass
n. a calculated, risky opening move gambit
adj. beginning to appear or be noticed incipient
n. one who is strict in discipline, and enjoys authority too much martinet
v. to gather bit by bit glean
Created by: mei
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