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54 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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Verb
Become or make less, diminish, weaken |
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Agape
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Adjective
Gaping, open mouthed |
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Alien
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Adjective
Belonging to a different group, different in nature |
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Amorphous
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Adjective
Without shape or form |
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Assuage
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Verb
Calm or smoothe, appease |
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Altrocity
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Noun
The quality or state of being extremely wicked, cruel or brutal |
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Beacon
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Noun
Warning or guiding signal station, lighthouse, light |
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Boisterous
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Adjective
Loud, lively, noisily exuberant, rowdy |
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Carnal
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Adjective
Of or relating ot the flesh, relating to crude bodily pleasures |
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Conflageration
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Noun
A great and destructive fire |
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Consternation
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Noun
Sudden fear or amazement |
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Disdain
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Noun
Feeling of hatred for what is beneath a person |
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Endured
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Verb
Having experienced a hardship or difficult time |
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Ephemerel
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Adjective
Fleeting, momentary |
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Fantatic
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Noun
A person who is excessively enthusiastic or uncritical in devotion |
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Felicitous
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Adjective
Well chosen, apt, appropriate behavior |
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Frugal
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Adjective
Sparing or economical especially as regards to food; meager; costing little |
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Futile
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Adjective
Useless, ineffective, frivolous |
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Gaunt
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Adjective
Lean, haggard, desolate, grim |
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Hedonism
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Noun
The belief that pleasure or happiness is the only good in life |
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Homage
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Expression of high regard or respect
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Inert
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Adjective
Without action, lifeless, without power or action |
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Inscrutable
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Adjective
Incapable of being understood, mysterious |
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Lethargy
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Noun
Abnormal drowsiness, sluggishness, laziness |
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Mettlesome
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Ajective
Full of spirit |
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Miasma
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Noun
A foul vapor or odor thought to cause disease |
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Opaque
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Adjective
Cloudy, blocking the passage of light or sun |
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Opulent
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Adjective
Wealthy, amply provided for |
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Permeated
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Verb
Seeped through |
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Petulant
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Adjective
Rude and insolent in speech |
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Prefecture
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Noun
An area of designated land |
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Profuse
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Adverb
Many in number, extravagant |
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Pugnacity
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Noun
Disagreeable, quarrelsome in nature |
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Raucous
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Adjective
Loud, disorderly, boisterous |
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Remorse
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Noun
A feeling of sadness or guilt for past wrongs |
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Resilient
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Adjective
Tending to recover froms hock or upset, bouncing back into shape |
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Respite
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Noun
Interval or rest or relief, break |
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Reverence
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Noun
To hold in deep respect or regard |
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Scrutiny
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Noun
Critical examination, close investigation |
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Slatternly
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Adverb
Messy, dirty, sloppy, untidy |
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Stout
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Adjective
1- brave 2- large in size, fat, corpulent |
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Succinct
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Adjective
Concise, brief |
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Suppurated
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Verb
Formed puss, festered as infected |
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Taciturn
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Adjective
Quiet, reserved in speech, saying little |
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Timitidity
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Noun
Fear, fright, shyness |
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Tranquil
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Adjective
Pacific, peaceful |
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Tumulus
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Noun
Ancient burial mound |
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Unerringly
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Adverb
Without error or mistake |
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Vibrant
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Adjective
Filled with life or vigor |
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Vivacious
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Adjective
Lively in temper, conduct, or spirit |
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Volition
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Noun
An act of making a choice or decision |
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Xenophobia
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Noun
Fear of strangers or people of different backgrounds or cultures |
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Indigenous
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Adjective
Native to, having originated in or being produced in the native area |
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Impudent
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Adjective
Rude, impertinent |
