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28 Cards in this Set
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sheen
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(noun) brightness; shininess
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stalk
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(verb) walk slowly and stiffly
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translator
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(noun) a person who interprets
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solemn
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(adj) being serious
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delegates
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(noun) a person sent with power to act for another
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motive
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(noun) something that leads or influences a person doing something
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criminologist
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(noun) a person who studies a violation
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consent
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(noun) approval/permission
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accurate
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(adj) free from error
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promoted
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(verb) to help or encourage/advance in rank
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farce
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(noun) exaggerated comedy
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beckoned
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(verb) to signal or summon as by nodding or waving
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stupendous
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(adj) amazing especially because of great size or height
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shamefaced
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(adj) easily embarrased
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fascinate
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(verb) grabs attention and keeps it
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embassy
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(noun) the official headquarters of an embassy
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plagues
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(noun) a disastrous evil infection
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senseless
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(adj) unconscious, pointless,or without meaning
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moped
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(verb) to have been gloomy or quitely resentful (e.g. ior from whinny the poo)
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mangled
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(verb) to injure severely
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mangled
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(verb) injure severely
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coincidence
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(noun) accidental seemed to be arranged
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stingy
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(adj) not generous
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disown
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(verb) deny the ownership of/refuse to accept any longer of ones own
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sincere
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(adj) free from hypocrisy
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hysterically
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(adv) uncontrolled emotion
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torrent
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(noun) burning, seething, rushing
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henceforth
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(adv) from this time on
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