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30 Cards in this Set
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a person who idles time away, lazy person |
loafer |
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eerie, strange or mysterious in an unsettling way |
uncanny |
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imperfect, faulty, gone wrong |
amiss |
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to grinds ones teeth together |
gnash |
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something that is viewed with horror or that is intensely hated |
abomination |
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in an initial stage or beginning to happen and develop |
incipient |
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well-meaning and kindly, good natured |
benevolent |
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forerunner, one who is sent ahead to prepare for the ones who will follow |
harbinger |
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the quality of vicious ill will |
malevolence |
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a place of uproar, wild and disorderly confusion |
pandemonium |
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intended for or understood by an elite or small group |
esoteric |
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skill in deception, craftiness |
cunning |
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a passionate act of mourning or sorrow |
lamentation |
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an event causing great of sudden damage or distress, disaster |
calamity |
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a noisy disorder produced by a crows |
tumult |
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immature, inexperienced, lacking adult sophistication |
callow |
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lacking modesty, cocky or b old |
impudent |
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behaving badly or in a way that breaks laws or rules |
miscreant |
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a state in which a person or thing is reduced to nothing or destroyed |
annihilation |
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prohibited by social custom |
taboo |
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follower or believer, someone who supports a particular group |
adherent |
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a manifestation or object that is sent forth from the godhead |
amanationi |
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to exclude from a group by common consent |
ostracize |
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to treat something sacred irreverently or outrageously, violate |
desecrate |
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sickly, feeble, dim or faint |
wan |
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express share disapproval or criticism of someone because of behavior or actions |
rebuke |
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long discussion between persons of different cultures |
palaver |
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a violation or misuse of a person, place, or thing that is regarded as sacred |
sacrilege |
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unnecessary, especially through being more than enough |
superfluous |
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admirably purposeful, determined and unwavering |
resolute |
