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21 Cards in this Set
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Vex
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To annoy; bother
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Laden
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Weighed down with a load; heavy
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Preclude
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To make impossible, as by action takin in advance; prevent
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Succumb
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To give up or give in
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Foist
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To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy
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Facetious
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Humorous playfully
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Adjure
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To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
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Lameness
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Crippled or physically disabled especially in the foot or leg
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Taciturnity
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The state or quality of being reserved or reticent in conversation
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Sardonic
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Scornfully or cynically mocking; sarcastic
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Subsequent
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Occurring or coming later or after
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Colloquial
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Characteristic of informal conversation
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Innocuous
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Having no adverse effect; harmless
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Reticent
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inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself
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Insurmountable
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Incapable of being passed over
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Poignant
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Physcially painful
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Wraith
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A supernatural appearance of a living person that appears as an indication just before that person's death
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Wistful
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Sad; melancholy
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Undulation
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A regular rising and falling or movement to alternating sides
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Tenuous
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Long and thin; slender
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Throng
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A multitude; a large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
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