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41 Cards in this Set
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ambiguously
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Open to more than one interpretation.
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sanctity
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Holieness of life.
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veered
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To turn aside from a course. Swerve.
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Insinuations
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Somthing insinuated, especially artfully indirect. Often derogatory.
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Discernable
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Perceptible by the senses or intellect.
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Eluding
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To evade or escape from.
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Eroding
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To wear away as if by abrasion.
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Exertion
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The act of strenuous effort.
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Illusion
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An erroneous perception of reality.
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Pungent
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Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acid sensation.
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Poignance
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Especially painful.
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Suffering
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To feel pain or distress.
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Exhorted
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To urge by a strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal.
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Anarchy
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To be governed by chaos.
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Enfeebled
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To be weakened.
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Indulgent
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Permissive
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Inured
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Accustomed.
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Inveigeled
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Tricked.
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Nondescript
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Drab
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Sedate
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Calm
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Tacit
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Unspoken
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Extrovert
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An individual interested in others or in the environment as opposed to or to the exclusion of self.
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Funereal
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Appropriate for or suggestive of a funeral; mournful.
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Gullible
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Easily deceived or duped.
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Idiosyncratic
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A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
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Implausibility
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Difficult to believe; not plausible.
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Sultriness
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Extremely hot; torrid. Or expressing/arousing desire.
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Forlornly
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Appearing sad or lonely because deserted or abandoned.
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Impervious
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Incapable of being penetrated.
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Incarnate
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Invested with bodily nature and form.
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Incomprehensible
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Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend.
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Incongruity
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Ihe quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate.
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Latent
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Present or potential but not evident or active.
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Timbre
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The combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.
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Convalescence
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Gradual return to health and strength after illness.
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Consternation
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A state of paralyzing dismay. Fear.
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Prodigious
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Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous. Extrordinary or marvelous.
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Inanimate
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Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms.
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Invincible
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Incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable.
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Collaborator
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Someone who assists in a plot.
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Irate
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Extremely angry; enraged.
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