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40 Cards in this Set
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drought
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lack of something
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secession
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withdraw
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insufficient
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not enough
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melancholy
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depression
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ponder
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to think about
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amiable
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generally agreeable
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paternal
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authority
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inevitably
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incapable of being avoided
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winced
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flinch
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arrogance
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feeling of superioty, and overbearing manner
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armistice
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a stop in fighting
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indistinct
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not clear
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dissipated
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dissolute
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inconspicuous
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attracting no attention
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mammoth
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huge
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ravine
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a long deep narrow gorge
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optimism
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belief that everything will turn out good
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frailty
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weakness
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omens
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sign of what is to happen
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fervent
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hot, glowing, intense
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baubles
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a small showy ornament/trinket
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vengeance
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the act of punishing another in payment for wrong
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accomplice
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one who aids a criminal act
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ghastly
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terrifying, dreadfool
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drawl
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the speech of manner of speaking of one who drawls
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audible
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to incur dislike for
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forestall
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to prevent/ delay
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interminable
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tiresome, endless
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meddled
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to intrude in other people's affair
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antagonized
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to incur the dislike of
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seize
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to take possesion of
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incoherent
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lacking arrangment
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pandemonium
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a wild uproar
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prominent
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standing our/ projecting beyond
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deluded
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to mislead the mind/ judgement
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tranquil
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free from agitation
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imminence
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impending evil/ danger
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irreparable
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bot removable
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bereft
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robbed of a possession
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vexed
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debate or discussion
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