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48 Cards in this Set
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Ambiguous
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doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
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Anonymity
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the quality or state of being anonymous. (not named or identified)
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Apprehension
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suspicion or fear especially of future evil
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Ardent
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characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity
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Auspicious
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Attended by favorable circumstances
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Aversion
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a feeling of repugnance (strong dislike) toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
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Brooding
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a of a bird : to brood eggs or young b : to sit quietly and thoughtfully
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Balmy
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Having the qualities of balm [an aromatic preparation (as a healing ointment)]
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Boding
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A feeling of evil to come
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Censure
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a judgment involving condemnation (blame)
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Chaotic
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a state of utter confusion
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Coercion
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the act, process, or power of coercing (to restrain or dominate by force)
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Coherently
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logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated
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Commiserate
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to feel or express sympathy
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Commune
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to communicate intimately
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Conjectures
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a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork
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Conniving
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to pretend ignorance of or fail to take action against something one ought to oppose
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Contemptuously
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manifesting, feeling, or expressing contempt (the act of despising)
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Cower
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to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
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Coyness
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shrinking from contact or familiarity; marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
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Devoid
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being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment
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Din
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a loud continued noise
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Dirge
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a song or hymn of grief or lamentation
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Elusive
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tending to evade grasp or pursuit
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Expendable
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normally used up or consumed in service
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Fallible
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capable of making a mistake
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Fastidious
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having high and often capricious standards: difficult to please
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Flail
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to strike with or as if with a flail
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Germane
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being at once relevant and appropriate
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Heretic
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one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine
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Imperceptibly
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not perceptible by a sense or by the mind: extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
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Implicitly
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capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed
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Imploring
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to call upon in supplication
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Incredulously
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unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true
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Indelible
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that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
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Inexplicable
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incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
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Insolence
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the quality or state of being insolent (insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct)
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Interminable
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having or seeming to have no end; especially : wearisomely protracted
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Languid
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drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion
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Makeshift
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a usually crude and temporary expedient
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Melancholy
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causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit
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Naïveté
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1 : a naive remark or action 2 : the quality or state of being naive
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Notorious
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generally known and talked of; especially: widely and unfavorably known
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Palpable
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capable of being touched or felt
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Patronize
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to adopt an air of condescension toward: treat haughtily or coolly
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Perpetrate
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to bring about or carry out (as a crime or deception)
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Perpetuate
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to make perpetual (continuing forever) or cause to last indefinitely
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Persevere
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To persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
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