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25 Cards in this Set
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agony
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n. intense physical or mental pain
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brute
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n. a cruel person
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appetites
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n. a desire for food
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numb
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adj. unable to feel or move normally
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crouching
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v. to stoop with bending knees
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smirked
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v. to smile in an often offensively self-satisfied manner
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ridicule
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v. words or actions intended to evoke contemptutous laughter at a person or thing
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interfere
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v. to hinder or intervene in the affairs of others
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shunned
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v. to avoid deliberately
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sinister
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adj. suggesting or threatening evil
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victory
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n. defeat of an enemy
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omens
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n. a sign of future good or evil
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vicious
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adj. evil, wicked or dangerous
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traitor
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n. one who betrays one's country
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extravagance
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n. the quality of being too excessive in spending money
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despair
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v. to lose all hope
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optimism
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n. a tendency to expect the best possible outcome
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cradle
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n. a low bed for an infant
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prestige
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n. the level of respect which one is reguarded by others
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desolate
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adj. deserted, dreary or dismal
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clinched
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v. to fasten securely
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tolerant
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adj. capacity for respecting the beliefs of practices of others
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fatigue
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n. physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion
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arsonist
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n. one who sets a fire to buildings
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general
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n. highest rank
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