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21 Cards in this Set
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ardour
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n. intensity of feeling; passion
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ire
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n. anger
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sardonic
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adj. mocking
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morose
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adj. melancholy; gloomy
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staid
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adj. characterized by that which is proper; sedate
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taciturn
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adj. habitually untalkative
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phlegmatic
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adj. calm; unemotional
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august
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adj. majestic; venerable
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chimera
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n. a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication
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solace
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n. comfort in sorrow
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contumacy
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obstinant resistance to authority
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ludicrous
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adj. laughably absurd
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dogmatic
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adj. characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
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saturnine
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adj. having a gloomy or surly disposition
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swarthy
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adj. of a dark complexion
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meretricious
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adj. false or insincere
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languid
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adj. lacking energy or vitality; weak
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vivacity
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n. liveliness
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listless
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adj. lethargic
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sallow
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adj. of a sickly, yellowish hue or complexion
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hackneyed
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adj. (of phrases, fashions, etc.) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped
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