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25 Cards in this Set
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Specious (adj)
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seemingly true but accutally false; oftern also decepitively attractive
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Decorous (adj)
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Appropiate; good taste; correct conduct
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Immure (v)
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to enclose within or as if within walls; to shut up or imprision
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Contemptously (adv)
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showing or expressing strong feelings of disapproval
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Gesticulations (n)
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gestures
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Clamor (n)
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a loud outcry; a heartfelt expression of discontent or protest
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Errant (adj)
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wandering, especially in search of adventure; straying from the proper course or standards
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Tummult (n)
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Violent or noisy disturbance or commotion; a general outbreak, uprising or riot
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Vicissitude (n)
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a change or variation: unexpected changes in life
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Inscrutable (adj)
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difficult to understand, mysterious
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Chastisement (n)
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severe criticism
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Lamentably (adv)
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Mournfully, deplorably; regretfully
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Jeer (v)
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to abuse vocally; taunt or mock
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Diffidently (adv)
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timidly' unassertively; modestly
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Covert (n/adj)
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(n)a hiding place; a thicket affording cover; a shelter (adj) secret
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Ruefully (adv)
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Mournfully or regretfully
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Impervious (v)
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Incapable of being passed through or penetrated; not affected by
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Bravado (n)
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Pretended courage or defiant courage when there really is little or none
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Rebuke (v)
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to criticize sharply; check or repress
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Demure (adj)
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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Corpulent (adj)
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excessively fat
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Myopia (n)
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nearsightedness; lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
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Propitiatingly (adv)
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appeasingly
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Truculently (adv)
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fiercely' cruely; savagely; eager and ready to fight
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Ensconce (v)
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to settle securely or comforably; to place or conceal in a secure place
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