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16 Cards in this Set
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reserved and cool, distant
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aloof-adj
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extremely serious, severe, or painful; perceptive; senstive
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acute-adj
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mysterious; seeming to have a hidden meaning
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cryptic-adj
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done or given reluctantly
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grudging-adj
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being very easily controlled or moved
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tractable-adj
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done or said spontaneously
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impromptu-adj
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to dig up or remove from a grave or tomb
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to disinter-v
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kindly, charitable
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benevolent-adj
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a group that is a minority within a larger group and has specific interests or beliefs that are not nalways in harmony with larger group
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faction-n
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to give formal approval to something in order that it can become valid or operative
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to ratify-v
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a made up excuse; an untrue or misleading reason for doing something in attempt to conceal the reason
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pretext-n
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shameful; disgraceful
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ignominous-adj
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to be connected, to be bordering
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adjoined-v
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a skilled movement done to gain advantage
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maneuver-n
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ocurring after one's death
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posthumously-adv
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anything tending to soothe, quiet, or deaden
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opiate-n
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