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25 Cards in this Set
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sedate
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adj. free from tension
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dismal
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adj. dark and depressing
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contentious
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adj. causing controversy
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forlorn
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adj. breft of the company of others, lonely
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consternation
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n. feelings of distress brought on by impending danger
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reverberant
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adj. echoing or resounding, deep penetrating voice
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indulgent
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adj. indulging to excess, over-satisfying
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inane
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adj. lacking judgement, doesn't add to anything
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barbaric
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adj. lacking a civilized character
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resonant
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adj. rich in tonal quality
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indignation
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n. prickly, vexed displeasure
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venerable
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adj. of a person well advanced in years
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catacombed
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v. infused or filled with
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anarchy
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n. state of general disorder
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evaded
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v. to have avoided addressing the matter of hand
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suppleness
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n. the state of being easily bent or down
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tedious
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adj. provoking boredom
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eccentric
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adj. harmlessly odd in behaviour, unique
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exaltation
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n. extreme happiness
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infinitesimal
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adj. immeasureably minute
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sinecure
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n. effortless source of income
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goaded
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adj. to have induced an action
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dispensation
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n. release from responsibility
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idiosyncratic
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adj. standing in a crowd by itself, being unique
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eloquence
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n. the quality of being articulate
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