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45 Cards in this Set
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vigilance
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alert attention: watchfullness
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Vague
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unclear: hazy
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Wince
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to shrink or flinch involuntorily, espec
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luminous
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bright, brilliant
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calibrate
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marked w/ measurements
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hindrance
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something that interfers w/ an activity
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symmetry
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simialerity b/t the two sides of something: balanced
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constremation
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confused amazment or fear
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cower
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draw back in fear, cringe
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synchronizing
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matching the timing
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annihilate
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to destroy completely: wiped out
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expendable
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dispensable : unnecessary
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infinitesimally
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in steps so small as to be immeasurable
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resilient
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capable of bouncing or springing back to an original shape after being streched bent ot incalculable
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sheathed
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enclosed in a protective covering
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undulate
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to move in waves or in a smooth, wave like motion
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revoke
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to cancel or withdrawl
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primeval
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belong to the earliest times or ages
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taint
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a trace of something that harms spoils, or corrupts
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sublimited
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below the threshold of conscious perception subconscious
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resolution
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determination
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imperceptible
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impossible to percieves
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stealthily
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in a quite: secretive way
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eloquent
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vividly expressive
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lucid
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clear
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encompass
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to surround, enclose
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supposition
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an opinion or assumption
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relapse
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to fall back into a former state
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insuperable
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impossible to overcome
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treacherous
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dangerous
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potent
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powerful
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lethargy
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sluggishness inconciousness
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pertinacity
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peristen stubborrness
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voracity
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greed for food
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discordant
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marked by a harsh mixture of sounds
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balmy
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soothingly frogrant: mild an pleasant
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predecessor
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someone who come before and has benn succeded ot replaced by another
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sever
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to cut out of break off
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grizzled
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streaked w/ or party gray
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desolation
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state of being empty deserted, or forlorm, barrenness, loneliness
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furtive
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shifty having a hidden motive or porpose
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supplicating
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humbly or sincerely asking begging or praying
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sadate
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serenely deliberate, composed, and dignifed
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imploring
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begsing making an urgent appeal
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a warning or amen about the future, especially evil
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boding
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