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33 Cards in this Set
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bewilder perplex fill with confusion puzzle frustrate
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baffle
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frustrating bewildering
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baffling
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movies motion picture industry
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cinema
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art of making motion pictures
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cinematography
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look down on one with contempt or disgust loathe regard as inferior
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despise
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worthy of contempt contemptible
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despicable
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overflowing with enthusiasm exuberant effervescent high spirited vivacious
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ebullient
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exuberance
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ebullience
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overstate go beyond the limits of actual truth magnify
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exaggerate
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overstatement
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exaggeration
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arouse by words advise strongly urge
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exhort
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urgent recommendation or advice
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extortion
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specialized skill or technical knowledge know how expertness
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expertise
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excessively concerned with trifles of details hard to please fussy particular fastidious persnickety
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finicky
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make sore irritate mentally annoy vex
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gall
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brazen boldness nerve
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gall
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lacking significance or sense pointless silly insipid jejune vapid
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inane
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foolishness shallowness
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inanity
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compensate for loss damage injury reimburse repay
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indemnify
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west countries of america and Europe
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Occident
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western
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occidental
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read look at fairly attentively
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peruse
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reading studying
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perusal
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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner wrestle grapple
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scuffle
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brawls fight
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scuffle
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thrust aside with disdain or contempt reject
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spurn
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fixed pay for services salary regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner
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stipend
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close watch over a person group or area supervision
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surveillance
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moderately warm lukewarm
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tepid
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unenthusiastically lukewarmly
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tepidly
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risk on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event gamble bet
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wager
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bet
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wager
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decrease in power or size dwindle decline sink
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wane
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