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54 Cards in this Set
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Candid
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indicating or suggesting sincere honesty and absence of deception
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dormant
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marked by a suspension of activity
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evocative
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tending or serving to call forth
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deft
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the ability to do something with great skill
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exhalation
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the releasing of air from the lungs
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grimace
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a facial expression that indicates pain or disgust
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legacy
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something receivedfrom an ancestor
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malaise
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lack of health indicating sickness
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infatuated
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struck senseless with exagerated love or admiration
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profusely
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excessively
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demean
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to degrade
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genuflect
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to touch the knee to the floor
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obsequious
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disgustingly sweet
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complacence
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calm or secure satisfaction
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portentous
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showing ones self off as being someone special
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pander
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to cater to the desires of someone
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loquacious
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pointlessly talkitive
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bland
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soothing
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arbitrary
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selected at random and without reason
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brusque
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to signal from a distance
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quarry
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an out of controll fight
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irrepressible
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impossible to control
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swathed
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wrapped up or bound in longs strips of cloath or bandage
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revel
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to take intense satisfaction
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impetuous
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marked by force
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accost
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to speak in a challenging or aggressive way
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gossamer
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something light or tenuous
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grub
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to search about;rummage
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eidetic
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marked by extraordinary accurate and vivid recall
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amenity
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something that gives material comfort
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imminence
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the quality or state of being ready to take place
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alleged
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not yet found guilty
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intuitive
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knowing things without conscience reasoning
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impasse
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having no escape or solution
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saunter
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to stroll
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delineate
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to describe in vivid detail
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contrive
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to think up;to put together
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polychromatic
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having various or changing color
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ambiguity
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capable of being understood in at least 2 ways
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dilatory
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intended to cause delay
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wistful
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unfullfilledlomging or desire
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vacillate
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to waver in mind
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hirsute
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hairy
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emanate
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to come forth from its soource
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affinity
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an attraction to someone
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egress
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an exit or way out
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paroxysm
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a sudden outburst in laughter
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ostensible
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a reason that cant be proven
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obstreperously
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boisterously
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sublime
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lofty,grand
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myriad
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a great many
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sconce
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lamp thingys
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tenuous
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having little strength
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limpid
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absolutely quiet and untrobled
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