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19 Cards in this Set
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Acute
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With a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time
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Bluster
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To talk or act in noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is loud and threatening
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Bungle
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To act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness
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Commentary
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A series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion
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Duration
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The length of time that something continues or lasts
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Eerie
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Causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
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Facet
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One aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of gem
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Fidelity
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The state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness
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Fray
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A brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate
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Headstrong
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Willful, stubborn
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Inhabitant
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One living permanently in a given place
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Numb
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Having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling
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Pacify
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To make peaceful or calm
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Ravenous
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Greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
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Refute
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To prove incorrect
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Remorse
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deep and painful regret for ones past misdeeds;pangs of conscience
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Setback
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Something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall
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Smug
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Overly self-satisfied, self-rightous
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Synopsis
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A brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book; a summary
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