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20 Cards in this Set
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Disquietude
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a state of worry or uneasiness
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anxiety
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Turbulence
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a state of being agitated, violently disturbed, chaotic
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commotion
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Acquiescence
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Passive compliance without protest
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acceding
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Imperious
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Regal, urgent, domineering
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overbearing
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Inexorable
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not capable of being persuaded by entreaty
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unyielding
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Consciousness
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state of being aware of one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts, and of one's environment
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cognizance
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Self-assertion
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confident, positive expression of one's own position and rights
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soverignty
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supremacy of authority or rule; complete independence
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self-government
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impervious
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incapable of being affected
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invulnerable
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orthodox
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adhereing to tradition, especially in religion
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Vanity
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excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments, or futil and worthless
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conceit, uselessness
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Irrevocable
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incapable of being retracted or revoked
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irreversible
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ecstasy
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a sate of exalted delight in which normal understanding is felt to be surpassed, sometimes associated with mystical or prophetic exaltation
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rapture
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laborious
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requiring long, hard work
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industrious
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visionary
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unusually discerning, with intelligent foresight; having mental images produced by the imagination; given to prophecies or revelations, a dreamer
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perceptive
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ominous
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menacing, threatening, protentous
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foreboding
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matter-of-fact
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adhering to the literal in a situation
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prosaic
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rueful
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feeling sorrow or regret, expressing a bitter, faintly sardonic compassion
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wry
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finality
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decisively ended
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conclusiveness
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condescending
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stooping to the level of one's inferiors, acting with an air of superiority
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patronizing
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