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10 Cards in this Set
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Sophisticated
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experienced in worldly ways
the sophisticated lawyer was experienced in the courtroom, he always got the culprit |
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Aloofness
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the state of being uninterested
because of the students aloofness he was not interested in meeting new friends |
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Elite
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superior; top
the elite soldiers were honored, they had died in battle |
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resignedly
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patiently accepting; in an unresisting way
the resignedly man signed the contract, he did not know of what was to come |
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ember
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a glowing piece of wood
the man cut down the tree, the ember glowed in his hands |
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apprehensive
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anxious or fearful; uneasy
the apprehensive girl was scared for her test, she did not study |
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defiance
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open, bold resistance to authority
the boy defied his bullies, the left him alone after |
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contemptuous
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scornful; despising
the contemptuous man hated the people, they hated him too |
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sheepish
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acting embarrassed or ashamed
the sheepish girl was afraid of the crowd, she disliked them |
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premonition
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a felling that something is going to occur
the woman had a premonition that the world wpuld end, she was wrong |
