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18 Cards in this Set
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appalled |
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised |
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belligerence |
hostile and inclined to be aggressive |
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blatant |
open and unashamed; vulgarly showy |
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chastisement |
a rebuke for making a mistake |
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compulsion |
feeling that one must do something, whether one wants to or not |
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declivities |
a downward slope or bend |
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impalpable |
incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch |
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inscrutable |
difficult to understand, mysterious |
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malevolent |
harmful or evil; having intense hatred |
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myriad |
in very great numbers; a very great number |
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opaque |
not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid |
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perceptible |
capable of being perceived, especially by the senses |
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rapt |
completely focused on or in something |
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ravenous |
1. vicious, omnivorous. starved 2. extremely hungry; greedy for gratification |
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riotous |
disorderly; loud and uproarious |
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seductive |
tending to entice into a desired action or state |
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tacit |
something assumed or expected but not expressed directly |
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vicissitude |
1. the quality or state of being changeable 2. a change occurring in the course of something |
