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Card B 676-700

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n. comfort in a time of distress solace
adj. easily deceived; credulous gullible
n. one whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by another person protégé
n. skill in dealing with others, esp. in difficult situations tact
adj. indifferent or bored with life; unimpressed as if because of too much worldly experience blasé
adj. cowardly pusillanimous
n. something attached to another in a subordinate position adjunct
n. an outline or model, often drawn as a diagram schema
n. the branch of medicine that studies the causes, spread, and control of disease in populations epidemiology
adj. resistant to flow; thick (of a liquid) viscous
v. to pass (gossip, rumor, etc.) about freely and carelessly bandy
n. a ghost; a disturbing image or prospect specter
v. to damage mar
adj. sharing a common boundary; adjoining contiguous
n. a dead-end impasse
n. painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship travail
adj. showing lack of interest or spirit lackadaisical
n. a person who wanders from place to place, esp. one who lives on the streets and constitutes a public nuisance vagrant
v. to attack with harsh language revile
v. to feel or express strong disapproval of deplore
adj. fearsome; formidable redoubtable
adj. parched with heat; ardent or passionate torrid
v. to expose to view by digging out excavate
adj. powerless; helpless; ineffective impotent
n. one who is engaged in a lawsuit litigant
Created by: mei
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