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70 Cards in this Set
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acute
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very sharp
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apathetically
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indifferently
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conflagration
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a large fire
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excrutiating
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agonizing
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immortality
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the ability to live forever
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intangible
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lacking physical mass
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reiterated
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to say again
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stringent
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very strict
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subtle
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not obvious
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undulations
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waves
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conspicuously
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obviously
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graphically
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with great detail
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incredulity
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disbelief; skepticism
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indictment
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an accusation
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outrageous
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shameful; extravagant
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permeated
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spread throughout
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refrain
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a repeated phrase
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scriptures
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biblical writings
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unobtrusively
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inconspicuously
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vengeance
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retaliation
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commence
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to begin
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consciousness
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awareness
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eccentric
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odd; unusual
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entreprenuer
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someone who starts a business
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epitaph
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tombstone inscription
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esteemed
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highly thought of
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exasperation
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frustration
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illiteracy
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lack of ability to read and write
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looming
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appear to threaten
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sophisticated
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cultured
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abridged
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to reduce in length
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augment
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to make larger in size
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construe
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to interpret
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discourse
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conversation
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encompassed
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surrounded; included
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enkindled
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stirred to action
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infirmity
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an illness
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interpose
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extraordinarily ominous
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portentous
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to intervine
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prodigies
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remarkable people or events
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apparition
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a ghostly figure
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censure
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to criticize severely
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covetous
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desirous
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engendered
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produced
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entreat
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to ask for; to beg
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envenomed
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embittered; angry
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fawned
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to seek favor or attention by flattery
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melancholy
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sadnes; depression
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proscription
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prohibition
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salutation
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a greeting
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conceive
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to think of
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despondent
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disheartened; disconsolate
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diffidently
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with a lack of confidence
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impending
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about to take place
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lucid
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clear; easily understood
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martial
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pertaining to war
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oblique
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not straightforward
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ordeal
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a difficult or painful experience
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regimen
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a pattern; a system
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scoff
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to mock or make fun of
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crescendo
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steady increase in loudness or force
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curiousity
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the desire to learn or know
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extricated
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to free from entanglement
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formidable
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having impressive qualities
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impetus
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an incentive; a reason
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nonchalant
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coolly indifferent
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ominous
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threatening evil or danger
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placidly
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pleasantly; calmly
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ponderous
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bulky; slow moving
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reconnoiter
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to gather military information
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