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25 Cards in this Set
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(adj) Filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror
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Aghast
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(adj) more than enough, large, spacious
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Ample
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(n) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
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Apparition
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(v) to declare or state as truth, maintain or defned, put forward forcefully
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Assert
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(v) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
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Cower
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(v) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n) a feeling of contempt
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Disdain
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(n) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
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Epitaph
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(adj) having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standarsd of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
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Ethical
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(adj) humorous, not meant seriously
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Facetious
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(adj) not able to be heard
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Inaudible
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(adj) without restraint or control; unselective
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Indiscriminate
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(n) carfty dealing, underhanded plotting; (v) to form and carry out plots or excite the curiosity
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Intrigued
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(n) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
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Jurisdiction
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(adj) appearing tru, reasonable, or fair
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Plausible
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(adj) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n) a common person, member of the lower class
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Plebian
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(adj) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundantl (n) one who is wasteful and self-indulgant
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Prodigal
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Nearness, closeness
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Proximity
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(v) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)
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Pulverize
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(n) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
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Sequal
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(adj) highly changeable, fickle: tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
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Volatile
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S- shocked horrified, stupefied
A- delighted, overjoyed, unmoved |
Aghast
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S- sufficient, adequate, considerable
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Ample
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S- phantom, specter
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Apparition
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S- affirm, avow
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Assert
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S- cringe, flinch
A- stand up to |
Cower
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