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32 Cards in this Set
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Executor |
carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work
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Tremulous |
characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
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Seething |
to be in a state of agitation or excitement.
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Foreshadow |
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure
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Recompense |
to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid
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Feign |
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
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Compulsion |
the act of compelling; constraint; coercion.
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Prop |
anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct from the actors, scenery, costumes, and electrical equipment.
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Legatee |
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed
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Congeal |
to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles
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Demeanor |
conduct; behavior
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Amends |
to compensate, as for an injury, loss, or insult
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Hearty |
genuine; sincere; heartfelt
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Repute |
to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive)
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Slipshod |
careless, untidy, or slovenly
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Aside |
away from one's thoughts or consideration
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Misanthropic |
of, relating to
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Caustic |
severely critical or sarcastic
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Ubiquitous |
existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresen
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Giddy
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frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty
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Extravagance |
excessive or unnecessary expenditure or outlay of money
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Expend |
to use up
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Blithe |
without thought or regard; carefree; heedless
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Scene |
the place in which the action of a play or part of a play is supposed to occur
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Unhallowed |
wicked or sinful
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Ominous |
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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Intricate |
complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make
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Jovial |
endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship
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Exulted |
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant
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Garret |
an attic, usually a small, wretched one
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Laden |
burdened; loaded down
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Monologue |
a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, especially one dominating or monopolizing a conversation
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