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45 Cards in this Set
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belligerent
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inclined to or exhibiting hostility: to wage war
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ceremonious
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according to formal use or proscribed procedures: ceremony
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chasm
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a marked difference, division or seperation: yawn
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corroborated
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to support with evidence or authority, to make more certain: strength
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cunning
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crafty in the use of special resources: skillfully deceitful
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denigrate
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to attack the reputation of: completely black
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disenchanted
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disapoint, dissatisfied, to free from allusion: to enchant
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earnest
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characterized by or proceeding from an intense state of mind: passion
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evocations
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the act of summoning: evoke
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furlough
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to lay off from work, a leave of absence: permission
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indigo
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a deep reddish blue
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insular
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isolated: isolated
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loitering
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dawdle, delay: to be loose
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malice
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a desire to cause pain, injury or distress to another: bad
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menace
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a show or intention to enflict harm, threat: threaten
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parody
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a feeble or ridiculous imitation: along with
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peddling
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to sell or offer a sale from place to place: peddler
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quicksilver
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unpredictable: living silver
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sardonic
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disdainfully or skeptically humorous: of bitter or scornful laughter
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sober
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marked by sedate or gravely, calm serious: grave, serious, solemn
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sullen
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gloomily or resentfully repressed or silent: unique, singular
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vindictively
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disposed to seek revenge: revenge
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bedeck
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to cover with ornament, to adorn: garland
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billowed
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to surge, swell, undulate, or roll with wavy motion: belly
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blighted
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blasted, to cause to deteriorate
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borne
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produced, yielded: to carry
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caul
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the inner fetal membrane of higher vertebrates especially when covering the head at birth: head covering
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careen
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to sway from side to side: nut
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doggedness
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marked by stubborn determination, obstinate, persistence: obstinate
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evanesce
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to dissipate live vapor, to fade, to vanish: vanish
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frond
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a large leaf usually with many divisions (palm or fern)
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ibis
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any of various wading birds
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idle
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lacking worth or basis, not in use or oposition: worthless
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infallibility
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incapable of error
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imminent
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ready to take place, hanging threatingly over ones head
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invalid
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being without foundation or force in fact, truth or law, weak, sickly, suffering: weak
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iridescent
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having or exhibiting a lustrous or attractive quality or effect: rainbow
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loll
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to hang loosely or laxly: lollin
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mar
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to detract from the perfection or wholeness of: to obstruct
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prodding
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to urge someone on: stir
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precariously
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unstable: prayer
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solder
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to unite: to make solid
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untenanted
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empty or void, not occupied: to hold
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vermilion
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a vivid reddish orange: little worm
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vortex
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something that resmbles a whirlpool, something that pulls stuff together
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