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50 Cards in this Set
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Altruistic
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showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.
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Apparition
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a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
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Ascetic
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: characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
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Audacity
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: the willingness to take bold risks.
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August:
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respected and impressive.
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Benevolence
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: disposition to do good.
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Brusque
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: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
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Circumvent
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: find a way around (an obstacle).
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Conflagration:
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an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property.
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Declivity
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: a downward slope.
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Diaphanous
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: (esp. of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.
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Disparagingly:
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To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle
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Enigma
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: a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
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Estuary:
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the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
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Evanescent:
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soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
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Exultation
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: a feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing.
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Farcical:
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of or resembling a farce, esp. because of absurd or ridiculous aspects.
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Fecund:
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producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile.
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Guileless
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: devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.
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Heralded:
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be a sign that (something) is about to happen.
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Indefatigable:
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(of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.
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Inexorable:
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impossible to stop or prevent.
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Inexplicable:
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unable to be explained or accounted for.
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Innate:
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inborn; natural.
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Intrepidity
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resolutely courageous; fearless.
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Joviality:
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jollity: feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
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Lugubrious:
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looking or sounding sad and dismal.
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Luminous:
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full of or shedding light; bright or shining, esp. in the dark.
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Malevolently:
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wishing evil or harm to another or others
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Noxious:
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harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being
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Obsequiously:
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characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference
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Pacifically:
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peaceably, mildly, calmly,
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Perceptible:
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capable of being perceived, recognizable
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Peroration:
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a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language
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Perdition
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: a state of final spiritual ruin
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Placidity:
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pleasantly calm or peaceful
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Precarious
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: dependent on circumstances beyond one's control
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Pulsating:
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to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat
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Reverberating:
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: to reecho or resound
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Sarcophagus
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: a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture
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Sedentary:
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characterized by or requiring a sitting posture
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Sepulchre:
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a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
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Servile:
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slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning
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Superciliousness:
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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression
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Tentative
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: experiment, attempt or unsure, uncertain
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Tepid:
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moderately warm
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Traversed
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: to pass or move over, along, or through.
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Tumult
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: violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar
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Verandah:
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a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing
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Voracious:
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craving or consuming large quantities of food
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