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20 Cards in this Set
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voluted
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spiral like as in an architectural scroll of the ionic capital; rolled up; having a spiral form
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inviolate
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not violated, profaned or broken
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manacled
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chained, bound
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diffident
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lacking in confidence, timid
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voluble
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garrulous, fluency in speaking; turning easily, able to roll; twisting as a vine like plant
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deft
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neat and skillful
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girded
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surrounded and made sturdy with a belt or girdle; to encircle, surround; to prepare oneself for action; to clothe or endow, as with some quality
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flourish
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to grow or fare well, thrive; to be at the peak of success; to move with sweeping motions; to display ostentatiously
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doff
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to take off, as a hat; to discard
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foundered
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to sink after filling with water; to fall or cave in, as land or buildings; to fail completely, collapse; to stumble or become lame; to cause to fall
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resolute
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determined, having a fixed purpose; bold, unflinching
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insolent
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overbearing or offensively impertinent; insulting; disrespectful
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galvanize
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stimulate to action; to excite; to plate steel with a protective zinc coating
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degeneracy
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the process of deterioration; the state of becoming worse, more debased, deteriorating; to become morally degraded
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indigent
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poor
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facade
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the front of a building
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listlessly
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apathetic; lackadaisical
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effulgence
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radiance, brilliance
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deranged
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unbalanced reason, insane
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dowager
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a woman holding property from her dead husband
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