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45 Cards in this Set
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Vigilance
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Alert attention watchfulness
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Vague
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Unclear Hazy
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Wince
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to shrink
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Luminous
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bright brilliant
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calibrated
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Marked with measurements
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hindrance
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something that interferes with an activity
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symmetry
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a similarity between the two sides of something
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consternation
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confused amazement or fear
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cower
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to draw back in fear
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synchronizing
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matching the timing of
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annihilate
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to destroy completely wipe out
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expendable
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dispensable unnecessary
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infinitesimally
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in steps so small as to be immeasurable
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resilient
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capable of bouncing or springing back an original shape after being stretched
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sheathed
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enclosed in a protective covering
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undulate
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to move in waves or in a smooth
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revoke
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withdraw
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primeval
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belonging to the earliest times or ages
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taint
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trace of something that harms
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subliminal
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below the threshold of conscious perception
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balmy
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soothingly fragrant
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predecessor
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someone who came before and has been succeeded
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sever
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to cut
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grizzled
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streaked with
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desolation
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the state of being empty
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furtive
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shifty
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supplicating
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humbly
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sedate
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serenely deliberate
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imploring
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begging making an urgent appeal
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boding
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warning or omen about the future
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resolution
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determination
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imperceptible
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impossible to perceive
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stealthily
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in a quiet secretive way
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eloquent
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vividly expressive
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lucid
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clear
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encompass
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to surround
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supposition
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an opinion
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relapse
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fall back into former state
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insuperable
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impossible to over come
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treacherous
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dangerous
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potent
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powerful
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lethargy
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sluggishness
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pertinacity
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a persistent stubbornness
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voracity
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greed for food
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discordant
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marked by a harsh mixture of sounds
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