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99 Cards in this Set
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effulgence
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radiance
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enmity
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hostility
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furtive
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secretive
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pallidly
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palely
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pliant
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bending easily
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bastion
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the projecting part of a fort
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gesticulated
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used gestures
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conspiratorial
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secretly plotting
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clamored
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loudly shouted
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errant
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traveling in search of adventure
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crimson
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a deep red
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officious
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overly eager to offer unwanted advice to others.
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assented
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agreed
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virtuous
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morally good
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recrimination
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accusation
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tirade
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long speech marked by emotion
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abyss
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deep opening in the earth
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avidly
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eagerly
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inscrutable
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not readily interpreted
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vicissitudes
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unexpected changes encountered in ones activities
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contrite
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guilty
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indignation
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anger
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tacit
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understood without being spoken
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riotous
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lavish
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sepals
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part of the protective coating of a bud
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belligerence
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aggressive behavior
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chastisement
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punishment
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impalpable
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not easily perceived
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sinewy
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muscular
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appalled
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filled with horror and dismay
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liberated
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freed
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disinclination
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reluctance
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ravenously
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hungrily
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ascent
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upward slope
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malevolently
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with ill will
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grimaced
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distorted the face out of disgust
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perpetually
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continuously
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wit
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intelligence
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untrodden
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not walked upon
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apex
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highest point
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ludicrous
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absurd
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reverence
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religious respect
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derisive
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ridiculing
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effigy
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model
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decorum
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dignified behavior
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tempestuously
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violently
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inarticulate
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unclear(relating to speech)
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gibbering
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nonsensical speech
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peaked
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pinched
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tremulously
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tremblingly
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emphatic
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forcibly expressive
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relentlessly
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without giving up
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contemptuously
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with great disgust
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incredulity
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disbelief
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impenetrable
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not able to be penetrated
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chasms
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deep openings in the earths surface
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mutinously
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rebelliously
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indulge
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gave in to
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vulnerable
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easily wounded
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crestfallen
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depressed
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glowered
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stared angrily
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sagely
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wisely
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sarcastically
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with bitter ridicule
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impervious
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not able to be penetrated
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prefect
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administrator
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humiliating
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disgraceful
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rebuke
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express sharp disproval
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taboo
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prohibited
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awed
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filled with wonder
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cynicism
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belief that peoples actions are guided by bad motives
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vexed
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annoyed
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brooded
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hovered
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glum
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depressed
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corpulent
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bulky
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demented
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insane
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superficial
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on the surface(shallow)
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complementary
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as counterparts
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abominable
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thoroughly unpleasant
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loathing
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extreme disgust
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illumination
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a new understanding
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assimilating
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absorbing
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earnest
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intensely serious
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conviction
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firm belief
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composite
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a thing made up of different parts
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purged
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rid of
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multitudinous
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very numerous
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propitiatingly
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in a manner as to smooth over any conflict
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unquenchable
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unsatisfiable
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vitality
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liveliness
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truculently
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in an agressively defiant manner
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cessation
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stopping
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tailsman
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an object thought to have magical powers
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acrid
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bitterly pungent
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inimical
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hostile
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antiphonal
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as a hymn sung alternately by two groups
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ululation
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a wailing
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goaded
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urged on
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ensconce
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settle
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balked
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stopped
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