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40 Cards in this Set
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undistinguished |
suggested plan |
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exasperated |
irritated; provoked; irked |
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viciously |
with violence or fury |
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vindicated |
cleared of accusation; blame; suspicion or doubt |
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proposition |
suggested plan |
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vengeance |
violently; maliciously |
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tentatively |
uncertainly |
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furtively |
stealthily; expressive of hidden motives |
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futile |
useless |
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tyrant |
ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner |
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mutilated |
maimed; damaged |
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insinuatingly |
with more meaning than the spoken word; implying |
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haphazardly |
without care; characterized by chance |
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inappropriately |
unsuitably; improperly |
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assimilationism |
belief that minority cultures should dissolve into a dominant culture |
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heathenism |
"religion" of those who don't believe in God and/or are uncivilized |
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forlornly |
looking pitiful, desperate or hopeless |
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coquettishly |
in a matter befitting a woman who flirts with men |
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arrogant |
overbearingly proud; haughty |
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eccentric |
deviating from the established norm, model or rule |
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oppressive |
tyrannical |
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cliché |
trite or over used expression or idea |
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sarcastically |
in a manner using statements or implications opposite to the underlying meaning |
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plaintively |
sorrowfully |
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menacingly |
threateningly |
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presumably |
probably; reasonably supported |
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rebuffs |
bluntly refuses |
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revelation |
some new information; news |
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desperation |
condition of being driven to take almost any risk as a last resort |
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exuberance |
have unrestrained high spirits; being overjoyed |
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amiably |
good naturedly |
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ludicrous |
laughably ridiculous |
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ominous |
menacing; threatening |
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despair |
hopelessness |
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plunder |
to rob of goods by force; loot |
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wrought |
shaped; made |
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monologue |
long speech or talk made by one person |
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penetrated |
pierced; affected; diffused |
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epitaph |
inscription on a tombstone; summary of a deceased person's life |
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amid |
among; in the midst of |
