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40 Cards in this Set
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unpleasantly damp, chilly
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dank
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promising success favored by fortunes, prosperous, fortunate
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auspicious
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continuing or enduring forever
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perpetually
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having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit feeling enthusiasm
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fervently
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of great weight, heavy, massive, dull, labored
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ponderous
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full of menacing or malign influences harmful, injurious, detrimental, evil, wicked, deadly
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baleful
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irreplaceable
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irretrievable
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implied, rather than stated, absolute
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implicit
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left or deserted abandoned neglected of duty
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derelict
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to confuse, bewilder or perplex
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baffled
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immeasurably small
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infinitesimal
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extraordinary, remarkable
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phenomenal
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habitually silent
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taciturn
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deep humiliation and disgrace
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ignominy
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a law or order proclaiming a sovereign
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edict
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deserving honor or respect
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venerable
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self confidence
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aplomb
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difficult to understand or distinguish
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subtle
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filled with a profoundly humbly, and profound reverential attitude in the presence of deity or of sacred or sublime
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awestruck
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very cautious or careful
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gingerly
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a distinguishing mark especially of authority or honor
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insignia
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to spend times wastefully or idly
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dawdled
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managed with plan secrecy
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clandestine
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ring or stone carved with symbols and believed to have magical powers or charms
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talisman
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dependent on or conditioned by something else
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contingent
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generally agreeable having a friendly sociably and congenial disposition
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amiability
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not easily disturbed or excited
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imperturbable
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thin or bony as from hunger, suffering weariness
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gaunt
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to form an idea, to have an opinion
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conceivable
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to keep within limits
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confined
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sacred
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sacrosant
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claim usually not supported by fact
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pretense
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quality or state of being proper correctness in manners
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propriety
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making a show of importance of dignity
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pompous
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very eager for food, satisfaction, or gratification
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ravenous
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generally known, talked of
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notorious
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an overflowing of land by water
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deluge
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feeling or showing despise, disobedience, or disrespect to a court judge, or legislative body
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contemptous
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to set apart
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seavestured ???
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sharp of harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor
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acrid
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