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20 Cards in this Set
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Acute(3) |
With a sharp point, keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
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Bluster(3) |
To talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in a stormy gusts; speech that is loud and threatening |
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Bungle(2) |
To act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
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Commentary(2) |
A series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
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Duration(1) |
The length of time that something continued or lasts |
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Eerie(2) |
Causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
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Facet(2) |
One aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surface of a gem |
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Fidelity(2) |
The state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
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Fray(4) |
A brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate |
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Headstrong(1) |
Willful, stubborn |
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Inhabitant(1) |
One living permanently in a given place |
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Numb(3) |
Having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling |
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Pacify(2) |
To make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
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Ravenous(3) |
Greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
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Refute(1) |
To prove incorrect |
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Remorse(2) |
Deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds; pangs of conscience |
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Setback(2) |
Something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat, a step-like recession in a wall |
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Smug(1) |
Overly self-satisfied, self-righteous |
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Synopsis(2) |
A brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary |
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Tarry(3) |
To delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |
