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31 Cards in this Set
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arsonists |
people who set fires |
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beatific |
blissful |
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cadenced |
rhythmic; measured |
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certituted |
certainty |
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chaff |
worthless things or parts |
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contemptible |
worthy of hate |
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darkling |
dark |
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discourse |
conversation |
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dispersing |
scattering |
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diverted |
turned away |
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enameled |
painted |
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insidious |
treacherous |
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linguists |
those who study language |
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manifested |
asserted; made known |
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moor |
a boggy area |
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parried |
warded off a blow |
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patronage |
financial support |
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perfunctorily |
briefly |
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phosphorescent |
glowing |
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praetorian |
special bodyguards, resembling the Roman imperial bodyguards |
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profusion |
an abundance |
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rebut |
to argue against; to expose |
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retaliation |
revenge |
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sieve |
a strainer |
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subadible |
below what can be heard |
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subside |
to slow, then stop |
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suffused |
filled; flushed |
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teem |
to abound |
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televisors |
walls with built-in tv's for entertaining & brainwashing people |
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verbiage |
excessively wordy |
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welter |
a chaotic mess, confusion |
