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50 Cards in this Set
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trenchant
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incisive; forceful
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consternation
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great fear or shock that makes one feel helpless or bewildered
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appropriated
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took for one's own without permission
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declamation
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a dramatic or blustering speech
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presentiment
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a feeling that something unpleasant will soon happen; a foreboding
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intimated
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announced formally
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commiserating
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showing sorrow or pity for
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spasmodic
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characteristic of a spasm; sudden, violent, and temporary
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omnipotent
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all-powerful
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imperiously
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in a lively manner
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apprehension
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an anxious feeling of foreboding; dread
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exonerated
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declared blameless and free of guilt
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perspicuity
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clarity in statement or expression
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sagaciously
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in a keenly perceptive manner
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discomfited
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made to feel uneasy
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unremunerative
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unrewarding
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ostentatiously
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in a showy manner
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mollified
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made les severe, intense, or violent; softened
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melancholy
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sad and gloomy
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inscrutably
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mysteriously
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vexation
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an annoyance
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disconcerted
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frustrated; upset
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subterfuge
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a strategem used to hide one's true objective or to evade an unpleasant situation
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obtruded
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forced upon someone unwillingly
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pervading
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spreading throughout
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condescension
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the act of dealing with others in a proud or haughty way
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magnanimous
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generous in overlooking an injury or insult
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venerated
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deeply respected
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abject
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miserable; wretched
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amiable
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good-natured; friendly
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morose
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ill-tempered; gloomy
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facetious
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joking, especially in an ironic way or at an inappropriate time
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abhorrence
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disgust; loathing
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repugnance
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extreme dislike
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aversion
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an intense dislike
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impiously
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in a manner lacking reverence or respect
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incredulous
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showing doubt or disbelief
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vivaciously
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lively or animated acts or behavior
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despotic
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acting like an absolute ruler; tyrannical
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reiterated
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said repeatedly
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magisterially
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in an authoritative manner
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proffered
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offered
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malignity
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an intense ill will and desire to hurt others
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detestation
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hatred
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plummet
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a lead weight
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imperceptible
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so slight or gradual as not to be easily perceived
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indelible
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that which cannot be erased
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abstinence
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the act of voluntarily doing without food, drink, or some other pleasure
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clemency
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leniency or mercy shown toward an offender
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debilitating
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weakening
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