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16 Cards in this Set
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Woe |
Feeling grevious distress and anguish; sorrow. |
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Pugnacious |
Ready to fight or argue. |
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Allusion |
When a person makes an indirect reference in speech, text or song to an event or figure. |
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Adversary |
An opponent in a conflict or contest. |
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Jovial |
Cheerful and friendly. |
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Epiphany |
A sudden insight into the reality or essential meaning of something. |
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Brevity |
Concise, exact, short. |
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Foreboding |
Feeling about something bad to happen. |
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Futile |
Incapable of producing anything useful; pointless, useless. |
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Obsolete |
No longer used; outdated. |
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Retribution |
Punnishment inflicted on someone as vengeance. |
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Transcend |
To go beyond the limits of something; surpass. |
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Serendipity |
The occurence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. |
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Vindictive |
Showing a strong and unreasoning desire for revenge. |
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Deity |
God or godess. |
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Mock |
To laugh or ridicule. |
