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23 Cards in this Set
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vivacious
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lively in temper
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insidious
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awaiting a chance to entrap
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facetious
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joking or jesting often inappropriately
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hilarious
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extremely funny
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contemptuous
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manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval
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ominous
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foreboding or foreshadowing evil
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pretentious
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making usually unjustified or excessive and exaggerated claims
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anxious
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characterized by extreme uneasiness of mind or brooding fear about some contingency
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harmonious
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musically concordant; marked by accord in sentiment or action
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jealous
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intolerant of or disposed to suspect rivalry or unfaithfulness
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sympathy
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the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another
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synthesize
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to combine or produce by the combining of often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole
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symbol
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something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, or convention
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synopsis
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a condensed statement or outline
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scholarly
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concerned with academic learning and research
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melancholy
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an abnormal state characterized depression
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sprightly
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marked by a lightness and vivacity; lively
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typically
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of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen
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abhor
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to regard with extreme repugnance; loathe
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abbreviate
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to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole
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abdicate
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to cast off; discard; relinquish
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aberration
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the fact or an instance of deviating or straying from the right or normal way especially from a moral standard or normal state
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absolve
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to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
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