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29 Cards in this Set
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audacity
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bold or arrogant diregard for normal of normal restraints
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felicitous
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pleasent, delightful
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morose
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marked by or expressive of gloom. sullen
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omnipotent
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having vitually unlimited authority or influence.
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ravenous
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eating greedily, satisfaction
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remonstrate
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to say or plead in protest,reproof,or opposition
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sagacious
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keen judgement.
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consternation
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amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion.
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vicarious
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expierienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another.
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imprecation
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curse
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profound
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having intellectual depth and insight;charectarized by intensity of feeling or quality.
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commiserate
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to feel or express sympathy with them on their loss
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apprehension
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suspicion or fear especially of future evil:forboding
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execrate
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denounce; to detest utterly.
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grovel
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to lower or humble oneself
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erudition
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extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books.
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ablution
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to bath; the act of bathing
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discomfit
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to put into a state of perplexity or embarrassment.
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testy
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easily annoyed
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indiscriminate
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not marked by careful distinction;random
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expound
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to explain with careful detail
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bereave
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to take away by force.
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unparalleled
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unique
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allude
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to make indirect reference
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diabolical
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devilish
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gravity
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seriousness,importance
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coherent
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consistent or coordinated understandable
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swarthy
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of a dark color or complexion
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retort
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answer
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