Flashcards in TPR Beyond the Hit Parade Deck (102)
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alloy
to commingle to debase by mixing with something inferior
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august
majestic, venerable
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broach
to bring up; to announce; to being to talk about
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brook
to tolerate; to endure; to countenance
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cardinal
major (as in cardinal sin)
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consequential
to change as if by dyeing; to distort, gloss, or affect
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damp
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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essay
to test or try; to attempt; to experiment
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exact
to demand; to call for; to require; to take
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fell
inhumanly cruel
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flag
to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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clip
sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
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ford
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse
to complain or grumble
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guy
a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy
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intimate
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list
to tit or lean to one side
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lumber
to move heavily and clumsily
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meet
fitting, proper
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milk
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
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mince
to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps; to tiptoe
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nice
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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occult
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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pied
multicolored, usually in blotches
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plastic
moldable, pliable, not rigid
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pluck
courage, spunk, fortitude
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prize
to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
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rail
to complain about bitterly
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