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28 Cards in this Set
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feigned
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pretended
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elations
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feelings of exultant joy
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unobtrusively
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not calling attention to oneself in a displeasing way
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indeterminate
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indefinite, ncertain
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levity
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lack of seroiusness
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plagiaristic
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ideas taken from others and passed as one's own
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incredulously
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in disbelief
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intimation
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indirect suggestion
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incessant
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continuing or being repeated without stopping
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permeate
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to penetrate and spread through
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anticlimax
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a descent, as in a series of events, that is in dissapointing contrast to a preceding rise.
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extemporizing
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improvising
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strident
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harsh-sounding, shrill, grating.
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innuendo
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an indirect remark, gesture, or reference, usually implying something derogatory.
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impressionability
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sensitivity
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compulsion
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that which compels
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reciprocal
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done, felt, given in return
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transcendent
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extraordinary
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cataracts
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any strong floods or rushes of water.
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fractiousness
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quality of unruliness, peevishness, iritability.
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harlequin
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of many colors; colorful
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supercilious
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full of pride or scorn
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contemptuously
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scornfully
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inconsequence
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quality of not proceeding in logical sequence
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peremptorily
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commandingly
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contiguous
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near, next
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apathetically
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indifferently, listlessly
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prodigality
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quality of extreme abundance, generousity.
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