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25 Cards in this Set
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elusive
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1.hard to express or define
2.cleverly or skillfully evasive |
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subsided
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1. to sink to a low or lower level.
2.to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate |
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mobility
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able to move
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rueful
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1.causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable
2.feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful; |
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profusely
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1.spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant
2.made or done freely and abundantly 3.abundant; in great amount. |
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jeopardy
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1.hazard or risk of or exposure to loss,
2. danger |
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fundamentals
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basics
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tack
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1.a course run obliquely against the wind.
2.one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward. |
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prevail
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dominate; win out;
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implicate
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to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner
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wheedled
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to obtain (something) by artful persuasions
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agile
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1.quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe: an agile leap.
2.active; lively |
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troughs
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any long depression or hollow, as between two ridges or waves.
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tiller
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a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, for turning the rudder in steering.
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sheet
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1.a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard.
b.a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. |
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leeward
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1. of, in, or moving to the quarter towards which the wind blows
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deft
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dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever
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inexorably
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unyielding; unalterable:
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maneuver
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an act or instance of changing the direction of a moving ship, vehicle, dragon, as required.
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skepticism
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doubt
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illusive
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deceptive, misleading
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obtuseness
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not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
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companionable
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pleasant to be with; congenial.
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pretext
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something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; excuse
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precedent
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example, model, standard
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