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75 Cards in this Set
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Doggedly |
Persistently, resolutely |
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Graft |
Slang for money |
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Indictment |
An expression or statement of strong disapproval |
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Indifference |
Lack of interest |
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Neurotic |
An emotionally unstable person |
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Proposition |
A proposal offered for consideration or acceptance |
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Raucous |
Noisy |
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Sullen |
Resentfully silent |
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Tentatively |
Cautiously, hesitantly |
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Unobtrusive |
Inconspicuous, not attracting attention |
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Bastion |
A fortified area or position |
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Dejection |
Lowness of spirits |
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Dispiritedly |
Without enthusiasm or happiness |
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Dungarees |
Blue jeans or overalls |
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Forlornly |
Sadly, dejectedly |
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Heathenism |
Un-Christian or un-civilized behavior or actions |
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Hither and yon |
Here and there |
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Incredulity |
Disbelief, doubt |
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Indignantly |
Angrily, with outrage resulting from something that is unfair or wrong |
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Insinuatingly |
With indirect suggestion or hinting |
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Mutilated |
Severely damaged, cut up, or altered radically |
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Recitation |
A performance, a presentation |
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Coquettishly |
Flirtingly |
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Crackers |
White people |
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Eccentric |
Peculiar, strange |
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Exuberant |
Enthusiasm, energetic |
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Jubilance |
Exultation; a feeling of extreme joy |
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Measured/Measuredly |
With a deliberate, unhurried manner |
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Menacingly |
Threateningly |
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Promenades |
Walks, strolls |
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Radiantly |
Brightly |
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Resignation |
Acceptance |
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Retardation |
An abnormal slowness in thought, action, or growth |
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Revelation |
Something that is made known or revealed |
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Scrutinizing |
Inspecting or examining closely |
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Acute |
Heightened; severe |
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Deceptive |
Misleading |
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Decisive |
Resolute, determined |
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Emphatic |
Forceful |
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Exasperated |
Frustrated, angry |
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Implication |
A conclusion that can be drawn, although it is not stated directly |
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Melodrama |
A work characterized by extravagant theatrically and by overly exaggerated emotions |
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Mugs |
Poses or makes a face to attract attention |
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Nonplussed |
Bewildered |
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Peckerwood |
Rural white southerners who are uneducated and racist |
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Rebuff |
Rejects |
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Trill |
A think high sound that is repeated |
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Dumbfounded |
Astonished |
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Enunciating |
Pronouncing words very clearly |
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Exuberance |
Enthusiasm, excitement |
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Facetiousness |
Jokingly or jesting inappropriately |
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Gall |
Shameless boldness |
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Ludicrous |
Ridiculous |
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Maliciously |
Unkindly, cruelty |
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Plaintively |
Sorrowfully, sadly |
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Quizzically |
With puzzlement, curiosity, or disbelief |
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Raunchiness |
Acting or behaving in a suggestive sexual way |
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Strident |
Shrill, harsh |
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Taut |
Rigid, stiff |
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Colonialism |
The policy or practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, exploiting it economically |
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Eludes |
Escapes |
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Epitaph |
Something written or said in memory of a dead person |
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Flippancy |
Disrespectful lightness or frivolity toward something serioud |
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Gait |
A person's manner of walking |
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Groveling |
Acting in a self-degrading manner to gain someone's favor |
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Hoodlum |
A juvenile delinquent |
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Illiteracy |
The inability to read or write |
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Infinity |
The state or quality of being without limits or an end |
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Loftily |
Haughtily, overly proud |
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Martyr |
A person who sacrifices something of great value |
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Omnious |
Threatening, sinister, foreboding |
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Outmoded |
Outdated, obsolete |
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Precariously |
Hazardously |
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Retrogression |
The process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one |
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Wrought |
Brought to pass |
