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16 Cards in this Set
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teeming
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to be full of things, swarmed
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cadence
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balanced flow or beat as of poetry or music
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monologue
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a long speech made by one person
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suffused
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to spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light
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vacuum
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space empty of all matter or content
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gorge
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eat greedily
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retaliation
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the act of fighting back
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submission
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the act of surrendering to another's will
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strewn
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to spread here and there, dispersed
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saccharine
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sweet, usually to the point of being sickening
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jowls
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the jaw, especially the lower jaw
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intuitive
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capable of knowing without deduction or reasong
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profusion
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abundance
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mediocre
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moderate to inferior in quality, ordinary
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loam
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soil composed of a mixture of sand and clay
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skepticism
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a doubting or questioning attitude
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