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20 Cards in this Set
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doleful
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full of grief
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sagacity
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keen in sense and perception
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lethargy
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sluggish
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laconic
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using a minimum of words, short of speech, terse
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imperturbable
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calm, passive, serene
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portend
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indicate, signify, predict, foreshadow
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complacent
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smug, self satisfied, unconcerned
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magnanimous
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noble, lofty, above pettiness, gernerous
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altercation
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noisy controversy, argument, dispute, quarrel
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infallible
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incapable of error
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felicity
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happiness
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remonstrance
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earnest presentation of reasons for opposition, protest, object
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lenient
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mild, tolerant, gentle, not strict
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doggedly
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determined, stubborn
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staid
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sober, grave, serious
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stolid
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unemotional, impassive, blunt
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culpability
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guilty, at fault
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prodigious
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extraordinary, enormous
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vestige
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trace
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alacrity
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lively, eager, cheerfulness
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