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33 Cards in this Set
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morose
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having a sullen and gloomy disposition; not friendly or sociable
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retort
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to say back in reply; to answer sharply
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profound
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deeply and intensely felt
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portent
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something amazing or marvelous; a person or omen also
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adjacent
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next to; side by side
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pensive
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deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful (lost in own thoughts)
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inexorable
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relentless (impossible to stop)
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oppress
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to crush or burden by abuse of power or authority
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fortnight
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a two-week period (14 days)
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billow
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to surge or roll
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acute
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having a sharp point or tip
extremely sharp or intense (pain) sharp (bright mind) adj |
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sublime
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characterized by nobility; magnificent (cool)
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despond
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to promise solemnly
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indolent
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counducting to or encouraging laziness
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subtle
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elusive, delicate (hard to detect)
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languid
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weak
sluggish in character or disposition; listless slow adj |
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traverse
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to travel or pass across, over, or through
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allude
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to make an indirectt reference
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stolid
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having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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vex
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to annoy or cuase perplexity; annoy
(to confuse with annoyance) verb |
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ignominy
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great personal dishonor orhumiliation; shameful or disgraceful action
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animated
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filled with spirit and liveliness
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articulate
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intelligible able to speak
jointed, consisiting of segments united by joints adj or verb |
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prostrate
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to put or throw flat with the face down
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adious
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arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
(don't like it) adj |
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abject
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sunk to or existing in a low state or condition personality
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exquisite
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chararcterized by beautiful design or execution
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importune
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to ask for urgently or repeatedly
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swarthy
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having a dark complexion or color
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genial
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warm and pleasantly cheerful (polite)
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vulgar
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rude or in bad taste
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profane
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characterized by profanity or cursing
disregarding something that could be sacred to others profane |
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clamor
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a noisy shouting
a loud continuous noise noun |
