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62 Cards in this Set
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exhalation
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the releasing or air from the lungs; the air erleased from the lungs
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dormant
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marked by a suspension of activity; temporarily devoid of external activity
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legacy
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something received from an ancestor, from a predecessor, or from the past
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grimace
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a facial expression that indicates pain, disgust, or disapproval
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candid
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indicating or suggesting sincere honesty and ansence of deception
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evocative
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tending or serving to call forth
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deft
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having the ability to do something with great skill
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profusely
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excessicely; beyond that which is normal
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demean
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to degrade; to talk or act so that someone else looks bad
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genuflect
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to touch the knee to the floor(worship)
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obsequious
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openly servile, disgustingly sweet
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complacence
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calm or secure satisfaction with one's self or situation
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malaise
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an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health indicating a more serious sickness
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infatuated
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struck sensless with exaggerated love or admiration
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quarry
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one that is sought or hunted; an open excavation
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loquacious
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pointlessly or anooyingly talkative
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bland
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not irritating, sitmulating, or invigorating; soothing
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arbitrary
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selected at random and without reason
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brusque
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blunt in manner or speech often to the pont of being harsh or nasty
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pander
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to cater to the desired of someone
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portentous
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pompous; showing one's self off as being something special
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contrive
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to think up; to put together a plan
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delineate
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to describe in sharp and vivid detail
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ambiguity
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anything tht is not clear or that is capable of being understood in two ways
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wistful
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full of unfulfilled longing or desire
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dilaroty
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tending or intednded to cause delay; characterized by procrastination; tardy
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saunter
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to talk about in an idle or leisurely manner; to stroll
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contrive
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to think up; to put together a plan
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polychromatic
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having various or changing colors
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delineate
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to describe in sharp and vivid detail
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ambiguity
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anything tht is not clear or that is capable of being understood in two ways
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wistful
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full of unfulfilled longing or desire
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dilaroty
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tending or intednded to cause delay; characterized by procrastination; tardy
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saunter
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to talk about in an idle or leisurely manner; to stroll
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polychromatic
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having various or changing colors
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hirsute
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hairy;
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emanate
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to come forth from its source
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paroxysm
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a sudden outburst of laughter rage or sneezing; spasm
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vacillate
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to waver in mind; will or feeling
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egress
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an exit;a way out
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affinity
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an attraction to someone or something
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obstreperously
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noisily, uncontrollably
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ostensible
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suspected as the reason though it can not be proven
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sconce
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candles with holders that have sides that are taller
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tenuous
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having little strength or support
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sublime
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loftly, grand, or exalted
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limpid
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absolutely quiet and untroubled
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myriad
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a great many
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rescind
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to make void
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impasse
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a difficulty having no reconizable excape or soulution
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amenity
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something that gives material comfort or concenience
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eidetic
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marked by extraordinarily accurate and viviid recall
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inuitive
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having to do with perceving or knowing things without conscious reason
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imminence
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the quality or state of being ready to take place
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alleged
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asserted as being true or to exist; not yet found guilty
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irrepressible
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impossiblr to hold back or control
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revel
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to make intense satisfaction
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impetuous
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marked by impuslse
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accost
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to approach and speak to in a challenging or aggressive way
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swathed
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wrapped u por bound up in bloth or bandages
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gossamer
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something light delicate or tenuous
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grub
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to sig in the ground to seacrch
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