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67 Cards in this Set
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inured
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accustomed (to something difficult or painful)
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increments
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small increases
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recoiled
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drew back in fear, surprise or disgust
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paramount
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supreme, dominant
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annihilate
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destroy, demolish
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irrevocable
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irreversible; incapable of being canceled or undone.
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immutable
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unchangeable; never changing or varying
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ponderous
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heavy and slow-moving
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apprehension
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dread; fear of a future event.
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ineffable
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indescribably; inexpressibly
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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 a 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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infinite
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endless
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pedantically
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with undue attention to trivial points of scholarship.
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misanthropy
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hatred or mistrust of people
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contrivance
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artificial arrangement; invention, plan, or mechanical device
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listlessly
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without energy or interest
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mesmerizing
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spellbinding; hypnotic; fascinating.
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discordant
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clashing; not in harmony
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lamented
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said with regret or sorrow
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stricken
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heartbroken; affected
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fiasco
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complete failure.
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flat character
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only 1 or 2 key personality traits, can explain character in one or 2 sentences.
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round character
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a more complex character, with many details, different parts of their personality.
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stock character
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preconceived notions about a character: a steriotype.
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reverie
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daydreaming; state of being absorbed in thought.
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discerned
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recognized; perceived.
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unscrupulous
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not restrained by ideas of right and wrong.
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profuse
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plentiful; given freely.
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sanctified
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blessed; made holy.
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repugnant
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distasteful; offensive
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deft
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skillful in a quick and sure way.
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pallid
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lacking in color; pale
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devious
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roundabout; indirect, deceitful
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spoils
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loot; goods gotten through special effort.
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myriad
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countless or of a highly varied nature.
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taut
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tightly streched; tense
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galvanized
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stimulated; excited.
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tentative
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uncertain; hesitant. Not definite or final.
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eclipsed
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covered over; darkened. Outshone, surpassed.
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abated
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let up; lessened; decreased.
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zenith
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point directly overhead in the sky; highest point.
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livid
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bruised; black-and-blue
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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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compulsory
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required; 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; devotedly
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indiscriminately
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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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illusionary
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not real; based on false ideas
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posterity
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descendants or all future generations.
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omniscient narrator
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"all knowing", god-like,knows everything in story
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first person narrator
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is the "I" in the story and participates in action.
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third person
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very limited, views action from vantage point of a single character.
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public symbols
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symbols in our culture that we all know and recognize quickly.
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