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40 Cards in this Set
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Derision
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n. contemptuous mockery
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Receptive
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adj. able or willing to receive something
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Deliberately
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adv. intentionally or on purpose
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Scuttled
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v. to run furtively with short quick steps
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Rheumatism
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n. any disease marked by inflammation and pain
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Subdued
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v. to overcome or quit
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Reprehensible
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adj. deserving punishment
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Reverently
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adj. feeling or showing deep respect
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Bemused
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adj. confused
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Bleated
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v. a wavering cry
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Aloof
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adj. not friendly or forthcoming
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Liniment
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n. liquide or lotion to relieve pain
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Fawning
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adj. displaying exaggerated affection
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Disarming
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adj. having the affect of eliminating suspicion
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Scornful
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adj. feeling or expressing contempt
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Conceal
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v. to hide something
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Contemptuously
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adj. showing hatred
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Sullenness
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adj. bad-tempered
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Indignation
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n. anger provoked by seemingly unfair treatment
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Crestfallen
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adj. disappointed
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Mottled
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adj. spotted or blotched in coloring
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Recumbent
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adj. reclining
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Bindle
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adj. a bundle carried by hobos
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Morosely
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adj. gloomily
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Lumbered
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v. wander
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Brusquely
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adj. abrupt in manner; rough
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Imperiously
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adv. domineering in a haughty manner
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Irrigation
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n. a water carrying system esp. found in gardens
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Anguished
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n. excruciating distress
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Stake
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n. something that is wagered in a game
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Scourges
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n. a cause of affliction
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Swamper
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n. an assistant or laborer
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Mollified
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v. to soften in feeling or temper
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Pugnacious
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adj. inclined to fight readily
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ominously
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adj. foretelling evil
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Slough
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n. breaking down
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Derogatory
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adj. showing a disrespectful attitude
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Timorous
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adj. full of fear
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Dominion
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n. the power or right
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Foresight
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n. the ability to predict the future
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