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20 Cards in this Set
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jaunts
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a short pleasent trip, excursion
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apathy
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lack of emotion or feeling, indifference
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tantalizing
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tempting, tormenting
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inverse
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inverted, reversed, opposite
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repast
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meal, food eaten at a meal
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cascade
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a small steep waterfall, something that falls in a manner similar to that of a waterfall, to fall or drop with rushing movement
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ravenous
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extremely hungry, predatory, greedy
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pungent
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sharply affecting the sense of tast or smell, sharp, keen biting
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induction
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an act of enrolling or bringing someone into a group or of formally placing in office, the process of arriving at a generlization from facts or examples
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sage
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very wise, perceptive, having wisdom from experience, an herb used to season food, a very wise person
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buoyant
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able to float, able to bounce back after a reverse or setback, cheerful
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incandescent
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glowing with intense heat, very bright
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benign
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not harmful, gentle, good-natured
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murky
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dark, gloomy, misty, hard to understand
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incessant
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unceasing, never stopping
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invigorating
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giving vigor to, enlivening, filling with energy
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opaque
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not letting light through, not transparent, hard to understand
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oppressive
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tyrannical, hard to take, mentally or physically distressing
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animated
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filled with life, lively, seeming alive, life like
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congruent
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in aggreement, harmonious, corresponding
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