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55 Cards in this Set
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exhalation
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the releasing of air from the lungs
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dormant
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marked by a suspension of inacticity
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legacy
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something received from an ancestor
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grimace
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a facial expression that indicates pain or dissaproval
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candid
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indicating or suggesting sincere honesty
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evocative
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tending or serving to call forth
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deft
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haveing the ability to do something with great skill
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profusely
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excessively
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demean
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to degrade
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genuflect
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to touch the knee to floor(kneel)
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obsequious
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disgustingly sweet
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complacence
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calm
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malaise
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serious sickness
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infatuated
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exaggerated love
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quarry
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hunted-mining
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loquacious
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annoyingly talkative
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bland
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stimulatiing(boring)
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arbitrary
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random
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brusque
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blunt
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pander
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to cater to the desires of someone
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portetntous
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showing off
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contrive
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to think up
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delineate
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to describe in detail
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ambiguity
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not clear
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wistful
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longing or desire
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dilatory
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to be late
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saunter
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walk in idle manner
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polychromatic
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various color changes
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hirsute
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hairy
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emanate
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to come fourth; source
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paroxysm
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sudden outburst
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vacillate
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to waver hesitate
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egress
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exit
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affinity
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attraction to something
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obstreperously
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noisy
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ostensible
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appearing as such
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sconce
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candle holder
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tenuous
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thin
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sublime
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majestic
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limpid
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clear
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myriad
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large number of - many
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rescind
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to make void
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impasse
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no exit. blocked. ya know
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amenity
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material comfort
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eidetic
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detailed
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intuitive
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intuition
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imminence
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about to occur
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alleged
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accused
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irrepressible
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impossible to control
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revel
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pleasure or delight
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impetuous
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sudden motion
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accost
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speek boldly
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swathed
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to wrap in bandages
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gossamer
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delicate
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grub
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to dig up
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