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15 Cards in this Set
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in medias res
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in the middle
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ennui
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a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction
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effete
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a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction
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tantamount
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equivalent in value, significance, or effect
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schadenfreude
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enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
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hedonism
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doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend
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contrition
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feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming
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interminable
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seemingly with no end
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ascetic
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practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline; austere
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august
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majestic dignity or grandeur
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immutable
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not capable of or susceptible to change
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emmissary
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agent
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rapacious
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excessively craving for possession
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moribund
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state of death; inactivity; obsolescence
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