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31 Cards in this Set
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Specious |
super officially plausible but actually wrong |
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effulgence |
a brilliant radiance a shining forth |
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interposed |
to place or insert between one thing and another |
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incredulous |
I'm willing or unable to believe something |
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Suffusion |
To over spread with or as with a liquid, color, etc. |
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Surmounted |
stand or be placed on top of |
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ebullience |
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy, exurberance |
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officious |
assertive of authority in an annoying domineering way |
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virtuous |
having or showing high moral standards |
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recrimination |
an accusation in response to one from someone elese |
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festooned |
adorn with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations |
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furtive |
attempting to avoid notice or attention |
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vicssitudes |
a change of circumstances or fortune |
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declivities |
a downward slope |
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indignation |
anger or annoyance provoked by what is percieved as unfrai treatment. |
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susseration |
whispering, murmuring, or rustling |
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opalescene |
having a milky iridescence |
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dubious |
hesitating or doubting |
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belligerence |
hostile and agressive |
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chastisement |
severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand |
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impalpable |
unable to be felt by touch |
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incursion |
a invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one |
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derisive |
expressing contempt or ridicule |
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condemnation |
the expression of very strong dissapproval; censure |
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effigy |
a sculpture or model of person |
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lamentation |
the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping |
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inarticulate |
unable to speak distinctly |
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discursive |
disgressing from subject to subject |
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incredulity |
the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something |
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leviathan |
a very large aquatic creature |
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duffidently |
lacking confidence |
