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47 Cards in this Set
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Encumbered |
hindered;weighed down |
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Desperado |
bold or desperate outlaw |
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Inflection |
alteration in the pitch of voice |
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Decorum |
Appropriate conduct |
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Covert |
not done openly;concealed |
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Consitutuion |
physical makeup of a person |
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Oracular |
wise;prophetic;sacred |
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Vermillion |
bright reddish orange color |
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Hillocks |
small hills |
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Gesticulations |
vigorous movements;body movements emphasizing speech |
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Torpor |
Dormant or inactive state |
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Despoiled |
Plundered;robbed |
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Vitality |
Vigor;energy |
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Petulantly |
In an ill tempered manner |
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Furtive |
Shifty;stealthily |
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Supercilious |
Haughty;disdainful |
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Contemptuous |
Scornful |
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Piteously |
Pathetically |
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Hermitage |
Retreat |
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Arroyo |
Creek or a dry gulch |
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Vindictive |
Revengeful |
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Remissness |
Negiligence |
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Resistless |
Without resistance;without opposition |
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Obliterated |
Wiped out; annihilated |
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Gelding |
A castrated horse |
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Apprehensively |
Anxiously;ueasily |
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Deferred |
Submitted to; gave in to |
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Boisterously |
Loudly;lacking resraint |
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Victuals |
Food for people |
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Slavishly |
Like a slave |
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Acquit |
Free from blame or accusation |
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Coveting |
Wanting |
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Intercessor |
One who acts as a mediator on behalf of another |
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Taciturn |
Does not talk much |
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Judicial |
Like a judge;pertaining to the administration of justice |
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Propitiatory |
Conciliatory |
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Blustered |
Spoke noisily and boastfully |
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Indifference |
Lack of care or concern |
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Indolence |
Laziness |
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Sauntered |
Strolled |
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Forestalled |
Delayed |
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Exertion |
Effort;action;activity |
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Meritorious |
Deserving praise or reward |
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Fodder |
Food for livestock |
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Bewildered |
Confused; at a loss |
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Magnanimity |
Nobleness;forgiving;graciousness |
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Insinuatingly |
Suggestively;ingratiatingly |