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43 Cards in this Set
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Derision |
Scorn or ridicule |
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Assimilating |
Absorbing |
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Purged |
Freed from impurities |
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Myopia |
A visual defect like nearsightedness |
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Propotatingly |
Appeasingly; trying to please |
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Pinnacles |
Tall, pointed formations |
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Truculently |
Disposed to fight |
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Eclipsed |
Obscured; blocked from view |
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Inimical |
Unfriendly; hostile |
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Elephantine |
Ponderously clumsy |
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Crepitation |
Crackling sound |
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Excruciating |
Intensely; painfully |
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Glamour |
Magic spell; enchantment |
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Specious |
Plausible but actually false |
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Skewed |
Turned to one side |
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Bastion |
A well fortified position |
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Hiatus |
A break |
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Gesticulated |
Make hand gestures |
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Ebullience |
Zestful enthusiasm |
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Pall |
A gloomy effect |
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Festooned |
Decorated |
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Inscrutable |
Impenetrable |
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Opaque |
Light can't get through |
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Declivities |
Downward slope |
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Impalpable |
Intangible; not perceived by touch |
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Sinewy |
Lean and muscular |
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Tacitly |
Without being spoken |
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Improvisation |
To invent without preparation |
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Apex |
Highest point |
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Derisive |
Scornful |
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Effigy |
A likeness or image |
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Tempestuously |
Like a storm; turbulently |
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Incantation |
A verbal charm or spell |
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Incredulity |
Disbelief |
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Tait |
Tight |
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Coverts |
Thick underbrush providing cover |
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Obtuseness |
Dullness; flatness;lack of sharp edges |
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Luxuriance |
Having rich or profuse growth |
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Impervious |
Incapable of being affected |
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Cynicism |
Attitude scornful of the motives or virtues of others |
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Revuke |
To criticize or reprimand |
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Sanctitiy |
Sacredness; godliness |
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Maternal |
Relating to motherhood |
