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22 Cards in this Set
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Affable |
Pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; warmly polite |
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Tangible |
Capable of being touched; substantial; real or actual |
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Felicity |
The state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss |
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Inexorable |
Unyielding; unalterable |
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Procure |
To obtain or to get; to bring about |
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Ostentatious |
Characterized by or given to a pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others; intended to attract noise. |
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Obsequious |
Characterized by or showing servile compliance or deference; OBEDIENT |
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Imperious |
Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing |
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Derision |
Ridicule; mockery |
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Profuse |
Spending or giving freely an din large amoubt; extravagant |
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Apprehension |
Anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil |
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Martyr |
A person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion |
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Billow |
A great wave or surge of the sea; any surging mass |
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Droll |
Endowed with or characterized by a heavy, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship |
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Resolute |
Firmly really solved or determined; set in purpose or opinion |
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Alacrity |
Amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous |
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Phenomenon |
A fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable ; something that is impressive or extraordinary |
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Reproof |
The ACT of criticizing, correcting, or expressing Stern disapproval |
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Affect |
To act on; produce an effect or change in; to impress the mind or move the feelings of. |
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Morose |
Gloomy or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood |
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Dissipate |
To scatter in various directions ;disperse; dispel |
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Abash |
To destroy self-confidence, poise, or self possession of;make ashamed or embarrassed |
