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69 Cards in this Set
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abeyance
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a condition of suspended activity
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abhorrence
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feeling of loathing
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absolve
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to be freed of guilt
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adamantine
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unyielding; adamant
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animosity
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ill will; grudge
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appalled
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offended; disgusted
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apprehension
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anxiety
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assiduity
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diligence
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auspicious
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lucky; promising success
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avarice
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desire; greed
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aversion
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desire to avoid something; disgust
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capricious
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guided by whim; spontatneous
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circuitously
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not being direct in language or action
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clemency
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to be merciful
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commiseration
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the feeling or showing of sorrow
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condescension
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to assume an air of superiority
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contingent
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liable, but not certain to happen
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copious
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present in large; lavish
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debilitating
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to weaken
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deferential
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obedient; dutiful
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detrimental
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damaging
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entreated
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to beg
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exonerated
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to free from blame
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facetious
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funny, joking
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fortuitously
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in a manner of happening by change; luckily
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frivolity
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state of being unimportant
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ignominously
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shameful
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imbecility
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stupid, insulting
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imperceptible
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barely noticeable
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imperiously
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commanding
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indelible
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permanent
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insurmountable
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invincible; incapable of being overcome
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interminable
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powerlessly long, prolonged
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irrecovable
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unable to be undone
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ludicrous
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ridiculous
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magnanimous
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chivalrous; galliant
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malignity
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evil, bad
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melancholy
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dismal; depressed
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miscreant
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villain; one who behaves criminally
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mollified
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to soften
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morose
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sullen, gloomy
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obsequious
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obedient; dutiful
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odious
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deserving hatred; repulse
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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ostentatiously
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flashy
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pernicious
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dangerous; wiked
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phenomenon
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fascination
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plebeian
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roman commoner
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presentiment
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preminition; foreshadowing
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portentous
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exciting; foreboding
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proffered
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offer
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propensity
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inclination, weakness
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ravenously
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very hungry; barbaric
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repugnance
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aversion; disgust
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sagaciously
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wisely
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sanguinary
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bloody
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slovenly
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dirty; disordered
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spasmodic
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twithcings; erratic
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subterfuge
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deception
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superciliously
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proudly; arrogently
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transfixed
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to hold ones attention; captivated
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tremulous
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shaking
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trenchant
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sarcastic; scathing
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trepidation
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anxiety; worry
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unconscionable
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immortal
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unrenumerative
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unprofilable
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venerated
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honored
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vestige
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a trace, or a little bit; hint
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vivaciously
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lively
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