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30 Cards in this Set
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apathy
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lack of feeling or emotion
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assent
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acceptance of a proposal or statement
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empathy
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understanding of another's feelings or situation
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pathetic
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expresing or arousing pity or tenderness
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pathology
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scientific and medical study of disease
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presentiment
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a sense of something about to occur
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sensational
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arousing great interest
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sensibility
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ability to feel, sense, or perceive
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sententious
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likely to give advice self-righteously
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sentiment
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a thought or attitude based on feeling
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culpable
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responsible for wrong or error
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exonerate
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to free from a charge
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extort
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to obtain by threts or other coercive means
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illicit
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not permitted by custom or law; illegal
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed
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misdemeanor
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an offense less serious than a felony
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purloin
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to steal
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ruffian
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a tough or rowdy person
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unscrupulous
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without scruples or principles
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vile
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unpleasant; disgusting
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banter
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good-humored, playful conversation
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caricature
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a distorted, comic representation
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droll
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amusingly odd or comical
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facetious
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playfully humorous
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flippant
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marked by a disrespectful frivolity
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hilarity
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loud and lively merriment; boisterousness
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ludicrous
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laughable because of an obvios absursdity
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mirth
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gladness or lightheartedness
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whimsical
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playful or fanciful
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witticism
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a witty or clever remark or saying
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