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53 Cards in this Set
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Affirmation
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Positive statement, agreeing, or reassuring.
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Agape
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With the mouth wide open, as in wonder, surprise.
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Aglow
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Glowing or luminious.
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Automaton
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A mechanical figure or acting like a robot.
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Autonomous
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Self-governing or independent.
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Aviary
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A building where birds are kept.
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Beau
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A boyfriend or male admirer.
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Bemused
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Bewilder or confused.
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Brooding
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Seeming to contain some silent treat or danger.
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Catharsis
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The purging of emotions, relieving of emotional tensions.
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Conspicious
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To stick out.
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Dapper
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Lively, brisk.
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Defunct
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No longer in use.
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Dissonance
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A combination of sounds that are unpleasant to listen to.
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Eloquence
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Ability to speak forcefully, persuasively, and expressively.
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Emphatically
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To emphasize words.
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Conspicious
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To stick out.
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Dapper
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Lively, brisk.
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Defunct
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No longer in use.
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Dissonance
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A combination of sounds that are unpleasant to listen to.
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Eloquence
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Ability to speak forcefully, persuasively, and expressively.
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Emphatically
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To emphasize words.
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Florid
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Extravagant, showy, red in the face.
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Garrulous
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Full of trival conversation, chatty.
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Gesticulate
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To make or use gestures in an animated or excited manner.
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Gimcrack
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Object that serves no purpose.
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Halitosis
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Having bad breath.
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Gingerly
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Carefully, with great caution or care.
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Gingham
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A cotton fabric usually woven in a checkered pattern.
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Imbecility
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Foolishness or stupidity.
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Imperious
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Controlling a haughty manner (better than you attitude).
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Indignant
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A strong displeasant (offensive).
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Insidious
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Tretory or sligh
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Intoned
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Monotoned.
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Melee
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A confused hand to hand fight or struggle.
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Milling
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To move around aimlessly, slowly, or confused.
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Nauseate
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To sicken.
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Negate
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To deny the truth, cancel it out.
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Noncommittal
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Not taking a side.
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Nostalagia
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A yearn for returning to a former time in one's life.
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Opalescent
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Various colors.
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Palaver
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A meaningless discussion.
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Perfidy
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Betrayal of trust.
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Plaintive
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Expressing sad or melancholy; almost whining.
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Plying
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To work diligently.
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Rampant
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Violent in action or spirt; raging; furious.
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Sadistic
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Depriving pleasure from pain on themselves.
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Shanty
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A small shack or house.
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Spiel
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Extravagant take or speech; parent's lecture.
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Stolid
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To show little emotion.
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Sullenly
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Showing irritation by glooming silents.
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Torpid
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Inactive or sluggish
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Verbiage
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An over abundance of words.
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