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20 Cards in this Set
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Acute
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(adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time.
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Bluster
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(v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way;to blow in stormy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening.
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Bungle
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(v.) to act or work clumsily and akwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness.
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Commentary
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(n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an epression of opinion.
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Duration
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(n.) the lenght of time that something continues or lasts.
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Eerie
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(adj.) causing fear because of stangeness; weird, mysterious
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Facet
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(n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces as a gem.
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Fidelity
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(n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness
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Fray
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(n.) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate
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Headstrong
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(adj.) willful, stubborn
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Inhabitant
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(n.) one living permanently in a given place
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Numb
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(adj.) having lost the power of feeling or movement; (v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling
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Pacify
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(v.) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe
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Ravenous
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(adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
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Refute
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(v.) to prove incorrect
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Remorse
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(n.) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience
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Setback
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(n.) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss of defeat; a steplike recession in a wall
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Smug
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(adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous
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Synopsis
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(n.) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary
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Tarry
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(v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remainor stay for a while
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