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79 Cards in this Set
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Sidle
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Move sideways, especially in a shy or sneaky matter.
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Furtive
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Acting as if trying not to be seen. Done secretly.
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Cowering
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Drawing back or huddling in fear.
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Doctrines
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Principles; teachings, beliefs
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Rifling
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Searching thouroughly or in a rough manner.
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Compulsory
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Required or enforced.
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Caprice
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Sudden notion or desire.
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Audible
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Capable of being heard.
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Zealously
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Fervently or devotedly.
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Indiscriminatley
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Without making careful choices or distinctions; randomly.
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Ethereal
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Light and delicate, unearthly.
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Cleaving
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Splitting
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Illusory
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Not real, based on false ideas. I.E. Ms. WB's intelligence.
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Posterity
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Descendants or all future generations
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Renounce
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Give up, especially by formal statement.
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Manifest
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Appear, become evident.
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Intermittent
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Appearing or occuring from time to time.
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Ebbing
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Lessening or weakening.
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Regressive
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Moving backward or returning to an earlier or less advanced condition.
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Imperceptible
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Not clear or obvious to the senses.
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Ponder
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To think deeply.
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Lucid
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Clear headed, not confused.
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Tumultuous
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Violent, greatly agitated
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Insuperable
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Incapable of being overcome.
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Prostrate
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Lying flat on your stomach.
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Potent
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Powerful, effective
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Lethargy
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Abnormal drowsiness
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Proximity
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Nearness
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Averted
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Turned away
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Stench
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Offensive smell
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Impeded
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Held back or blocked.
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Magnanimous
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generous
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Reverence
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Attitude or display of deep respect.
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Frivolous
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Not properly serious.
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Impertinences
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Insults; disrespectful acts or remarks
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Ingenuous
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Trusting, innocent
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Prudence
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Cautiousness, sound judgement
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Cataclysm
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Disaster, sudden, violent event
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Providential
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Fortunate.
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Derisive
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Mocking
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Supplicating
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Appealing humbly and earnestly, as if in prayer.
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Placidly
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Calmly, in an undisturbed way.
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Ingenious
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Made or done in a clever or inventive way.
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Perversity
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Stubborn opposition or contrariness.
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Reproach
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Blame; expression of disapproval.
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Diligently
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In a steady, careful, and hard-working manner.
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Negligently
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Carelessly; in a neglectful or indifferent manner.
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Remote
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Distant
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Absolved
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Freed from guilt, blame, or responsibility.
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Denizens
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Inhabitants or occupants.
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Pensive
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Dreamily thoughtful.
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Dubious
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Doubtful, not sure.
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Antipathy
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Feeling of hatred, powerful and deep dislike.
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Filial
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Pertaining to or due from a son or daughter.
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Surreptitiously
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Stealthily, sneakily.
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Conspicuous
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Obvious or easy to see.
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Concussion
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Powerful shock or impact.
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Luminous
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Glowing; giving off light.
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Quizzical
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Puzzled, questioning.
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Comprehensive
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Covering completely or broadly.
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Insolence
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Being insultingly conteptous.
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Lithe
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Easily bent
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Repulse
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Drive or beat back.
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Sated
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To appease by indulging to the fullest.
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Senile
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Old age
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Senteniously
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Moralistic in expression.
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Swagger
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Arrogant or pompous walk.
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Transcends
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To rise above
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Waver
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To weave or sway
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Deference
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Respect due to elders
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Malicious
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Malice, hatred.
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Somberly
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Dark and gloomy.
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Piety
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Being devoted.
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Transgress
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Go beyond limits.
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Vigil
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Period of awakeness
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Wrath
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Vengeful anger.
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Calamity
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State of deep distress
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Recoils
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To fall back
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Defile
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To make unclear
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