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20 Cards in this Set
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Efflorescence
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the state of flowering or growth
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Emnity
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feeling of hostility or hatred
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Decorous
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dignified in conduct, manners, appearance
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Chorister
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Singer in a choir
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Bastion
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fortress; fortified place
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clamber
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to climb using both feet or hands, with difficulty
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Interpose
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to place between, cause to intervene
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Hiatus
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a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series action
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indignation
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strong displeasure at something sonsidered unjust offensive or insulting
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ebullience
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high spirits, indignation
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recrimination
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to bring a countercharge against an accuseer
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tumult
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violent and noisy commotion or sisturbance of a crowd or mob, uproar
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tirade
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prolondeg outburst, outspoken denunciation, a long impassioned speech
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officious
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fowardness, aggressively offering unrequested services
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nimble
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quicak and light footed in movement, moving with ease
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warp
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to bend or twist out of shape
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scornful
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the feeling/belief that someone/something iw worthless of despicable
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oppressive
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burdensome, unjustly harsh
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inscrutable
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incapable of being investigated
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vicissitudes
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a change or variation occuring in the course of something
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