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32 Cards in this Set
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bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion' puzzle; frustrate
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baffle
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frustrating; bewildering
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baffling
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movies; motion-picture industry
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cinema
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art of making motion pictures
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cinematography
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look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior
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despise
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worthy of contempt; contemptible
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despicable
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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious
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ebullient
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exuberance
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ebullience
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overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify
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exaggerate
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overstatement
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exaggeration
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arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
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exhort
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urgent recommendation or advice
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exhortation
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specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how, expertness
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expertise
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excessively concerned with trifles or details; ahrd to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
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finicky
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make sore; irritate mentally' annoy; vex
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gall
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brazen boldness; nerve
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gall
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lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid
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inane
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foolishness; shallowness
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inanity
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compensate for loss, damage, or injur, reimburse; repay
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indemnify
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west; countries of America and Europe
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occident
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western
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occidental
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read; look at fairly attentively; study
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peruse
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reading;study
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perusal
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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
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scuffle
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brawl; fight
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scuffle
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thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject
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spurn
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fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner
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stipend
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close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
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surveillance
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moderately warm; lukewarm
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tepidly
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risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
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wager
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bet
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wager
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decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink
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wane
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