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80 Cards in this Set
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that which catches and holds the attention
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arresting
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draw together, make shorter
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contract
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slanting blam of a roof
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rafter
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full of energy; lively
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spirited
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to search thoroughly by moving the contents about
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rummage
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something handed down from an ancestor or from the past
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legacy
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deprived of strength; made weak
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enfeebled
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the most important point or element
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crux
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having sympathy for the sufferings of others
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compassionate
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fighter
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combatant
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well-known; widely recognized
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prominent
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moving from place to place
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migrant
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something that must recieve attention first
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priority
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walking wearily
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trudgin
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resembling a violent downpour
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torrential
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poor
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impoverished
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a loud confused misxture of noises
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din
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unconquerable
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indomitable
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full of people or things
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teeming
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split apart; to divide
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segragated
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forceful convincing speech
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eloquence
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forceful convincing speech
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eloquence
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open to people of all races or ethinic groups without restriciton, desegrated
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intergated
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forceful convincing speech
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eloquence
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thinking about different possibilities
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speculating
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open to people of all races or ethinic groups without restriciton, desegrated
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intergated
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unable or unwilling to believe something
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incredulous
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thinking about different possibilities
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speculating
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final; most important
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ultimate
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unable or unwilling to believe something
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incredulous
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open to people of all races or ethinic groups without restriciton, desegrated
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intergated
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to make fun of; jeer
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taunt
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final; most important
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ultimate
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the opposite happens rather than the expected
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ironic
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thinking about different possibilities
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speculating
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to make fun of; jeer
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taunt
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to change
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alter
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unable or unwilling to believe something
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incredulous
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forceful convincing speech
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eloquence
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the opposite happens rather than the expected
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ironic
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poor
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impoverished
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to find hard to believe
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incredible
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open to people of all races or ethinic groups without restriciton, desegrated
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intergated
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final; most important
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ultimate
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to make fun of; jeer
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taunt
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thinking about different possibilities
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speculating
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a loud confused misxture of noises
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din
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enlivened
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exhilerated
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confused or disorderly
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pell-mell
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threatning
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omnious
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unwillingly
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reluctantly
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extreme exhaustion or weariness
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fatigue
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lessend
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tempered
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incapable of being destroyed
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invincible
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showing no reaction to pain or distress
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stoic
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bold-reclass daring
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audacity
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high-exalted grand
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lofty
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awkwardly bashful
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sheepish
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a feeling an enemy has
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hostility
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to excite the intrest and curiousity
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intrigue
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having or expressing great warmth or depth of feeling
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fervent
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empty
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devoid
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sincerely
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earnestly
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to take back an offer
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revoke
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a feeling
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premonition
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to find hard to believe
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incredible
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to change
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alter
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to come to a stop
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subside
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the opposite happens rather than the expected
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ironic
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in a clever way
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shrewdly
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a suggestion or hint intended to insult
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insinuation
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unable or unwilling to believe something
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incredulous
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mistrustful of others
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cynical
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open to people of all races or ethnic groups; desegragated
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integrated
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forceful or conveincing speech
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eloquence
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with eager attention
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intently
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opponent or enemy
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adversary
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oozes forth;emits
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exudes
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coming from
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emanataing
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fury
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wrath
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