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24 Cards in this Set
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Audacity
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boldness or daring, especially with confidant or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions
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Avidly
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showing great enthusiasm for or interest in
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Crestfallen
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dejected; dispirited; discouraged
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Enthrall
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to hold spellbound
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Feasible
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possible to do; capable of being carried out
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Incarnate
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to put into or represent
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Incipient
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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
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Indignant
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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
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Insinuate
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to suggest or hint slyly
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Jovial
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endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship
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Laconic
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sing few words; expressing much in few words; concise
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Mercurial
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changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty
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Monotonous
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lacking in variety; tediously unvarying
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Pompous
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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
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Repression
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The act of repressing or the state of being repressed
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Sentiment
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an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
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Simonize
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to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax
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Subsiding
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to sink to a low or lower level, to become quiet, less active, or less violent
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Tauntingly
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to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock
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Trepidation
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tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation
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Valise
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a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag
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Valise
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a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag
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Valise
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a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag
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Valise
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a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag
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