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31 Cards in this Set
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Stolid
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having or revealing little emotion
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Refracted
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deflected from a straight path
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Imperceptible
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impossible to detect by ordinary senses
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Pulverized
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reduced to powder
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Melancholy
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sadness; gloominess
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Capillary
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fine; small diameter
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Multifaceted
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having many faces
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Ballistics
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the study of the dynamics of projectiles
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Erected
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set up; established
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Proclivities
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predisposition; tendencies
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Odious
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arousing strong dislike or displeasure
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Ravenous
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extremely hungry; greedy for gratification
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Pratfall
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humiliating failure; a fall on the backside
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dictum
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authoritative pronouncement
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Noncombustible
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does not burn easily
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Tactile
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relating to the sense of touch
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Cadenced
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with a rhythmic flow
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Retaliation
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returning like for like
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Receptacle
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a container that holds matter
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Cowardice
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ignoble fear in the face of danger
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Simultaneously
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happening at the same time
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Manifested
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showed; revealed
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Verbiage
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wordiness
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Smoldering
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burning with little smoke and no flame
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Indecisive
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not able to make a decision
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Grotesque
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bizarre; distorted
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Limned
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described
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Juggernaut
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overwhelming advancing sight crushing all in its path
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Cardamon
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Italian herb
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Pedants
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those who flaunt their knowledge
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Pyre
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a pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse
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