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40 Cards in this Set
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Undistinguished |
Common, nothing special |
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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 |
Stealthily, expressive or hidden motives |
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Tentatively |
Uncertainly |
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Furtively |
Violently, maliciously |
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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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Inapropriately |
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 uncivilzed |
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Forlornly |
Looking pitiful, desperate or hopeless |
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Coquettishly |
In a manner befitting a women 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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Cliche |
Trite or overused expression or idea |
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Sarcasticallt |
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 supposed |
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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 |
Having 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 persons life |
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Amod |
Among, in the midst of |
