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21 Cards in this Set
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harbinger
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one that announces or foreshadows what is coming;precursor
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credulous
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inclined to believe esp. on slight evidence
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slapdash
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haphazard;careless
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airplay
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the broadcasting of audio or visual recording on the air over radio or on t.v.
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imperious
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commanding, arrogant, domineering
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caprice
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sudden change of mind
a sudden whim or fancy |
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specious
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seeming to be genuine, correct or beautiful, but really not
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asphyxiation
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suffocate;smother
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raucous
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harsh boisterously disorder
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hoe
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a long-handled implement with a thin flat blade used for cultivating, weeding, and loosening plants
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allegory
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an expression through symbolic figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human conduct or experience
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trancend
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to rise above the limits of
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revel
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to take great delight
a usu. wild party or celebration |
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venerates
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to regard with respect
adore worship |
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profligate
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wildly extravagant; recklessly wasteful
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servility
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submissive
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unfathomably
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difficult to understand or comprehend
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sequestered
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set apart;segregate
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amorphous
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shapeless, formless
not crystallized |
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gusto
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quality of enhancing enjoyment
relish;zest |
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emaciated
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to become or cause to become very thin
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