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50 Cards in this Set
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obscure
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not well-known
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to penetrate
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to enter as by piercing
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to flaunt
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to make a showy or defiant display
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defiance
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open resistence to authority
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odious
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hateful; disgusting; offensive
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immortal
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without death; lasting
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relenting
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a form of to relent which means to become less severe
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to reconcile
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to renew a friendship; to bring into harmony
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blithe
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cheerful; carefree
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to feign
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to pretend
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to recede
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to become more distant
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fettered
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past tense of to fetter which means "to shackle or chain"
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to remonstrate
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to protest; to complain
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latent
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hidden and undeveloped
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jovial
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full of playful good humor
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prodigious
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amazing
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compound
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substance composed of two or more other substances
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reverently
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in a manner suggesting deep respect
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desolation
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a wasteland or some other uninhabited place
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executor
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a person appointed to carry out the terms of a will
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to recede
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to become more distant
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fettered
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past tense of to fetter which means "to shackle or chain"
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to remonstrate
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to protest; to complain
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latent
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hidden and undeveloped
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jovial
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full of playful good humor
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prodigious
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amazing
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compound
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substance composed of two or more other substances
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reverently
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in a manner suggesting deep respect
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desolation
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a wasteland or some other uninhabited place
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executor
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a person appointed to carry out the terms of a will
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to recede
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to become more distant
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fettered
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past tense of to fetter which means to shackle or chain
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to remonstate
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to protest; to complain
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latent
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hidden and undeveloped
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jovial
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full of playful good humor
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prodigious
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amazing
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compound
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a substance composed of two or more other substaces
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reverently
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in a manner suggesting deep respect
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desolation
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a wasteland or some other uninhabited place
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executor
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a person appointed to cary out the terms of a will
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incredulous
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unwilling or unable to believe; showing disbelief
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to extinguish
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to squelch; to put out as a fire
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garret
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an attic or a room built in an attic
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ominous
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serving as an omen especially an evil omen
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incessant
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unending; constant
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benevolence
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good will or kindness
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to lament
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to feel or express deep sorrow
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facetious
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joking; trying to be witty
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palpable
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touchable; obvious
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nothing
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nothing
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