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60 Cards in this Set
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exhalation
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the releasing of air from the lungs; the air released from the lungs
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dormant
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marked by a suspension of activity; temporarily devoid of external activity; sleeping
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legacy
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something recieved from an ancestor, from a predecessor, or from the past
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grimace
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a facial expresion that indicates pain, disgust, or disapproval
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candid
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indicating or suggesting sincere honesty and absense of deception
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evocative
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tending or serving to call forth
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deft
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having the ability to do something easily and with great skill
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profusely
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exceesively, beyond that which is normal
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demean
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to degrade; to talk or act so that someone else looks bad
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genuflect
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to touch the knee to the floor(to bend in worship)
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obsequious
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openly servile; disgustingly sweet
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complacence
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calm or secure satisfaction with one's self or situation; self satisfied with no hopes for the future
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malaise
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an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health; sickness
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infatuated
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struck senseless with exaggerated love or admiration
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quarry
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one that is sought or hunted; an open excavation
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loquacious
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pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
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bland
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not irritating, stimulating, or inviorating; soothing; boring
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arbitrary
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selected at random with no rhyme or reason
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brusque
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blunt in manner or speech often to the point of being harsh or nasty
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pander
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to cater to another's desires
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portentous
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pompous; showing one's self self off as being special
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contrive
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to think up; to put ogether a plan; Mmuahahaha
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deliniate
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to desribe in sharp or vivid detail (eyes dilate)
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ambiguity
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anything not clear or able to be understood in two or more ways
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wistful
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full of unfulfilled longing or desire; wishful
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portentous
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pompous; showing one's self self off as being special
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contrive
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to think up; to put ogether a plan; Mmuahahaha
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deliniate
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to desribe in sharp or vivid detail (eyes dilate)
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ambiguity
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anything not clear or able to be understood in two or more ways
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wistful
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full of unfulfilled longing or desire; wishful
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dilatory
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tending to cause delay; characterized by procrastination; tardy (dilly dally)
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saunter
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to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner; to stroll
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polychromatic
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having various or changing colors; technicolor
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hirsute
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hairy; covered with caorse, stiff hair
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emanate
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to come forth from its source
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paroxysm
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a sudden outburst of laughter or rage; a fit or spasm
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vacillate
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to waver in mind, will, or feeling; to hesitate in choice of opinions
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egress
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an exit, a way out
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affinity
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an attraction to someone or something
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obstreperously
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noisily, boisterously, or uncontrollably
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ostensible
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suspected as the reason though it cannot be proven or demonstrated
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sconce
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candles with holders whose sides are taller than the candle
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tenuous
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having little strength or support
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sublime
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lofty, grand, or exalted in manner or thought, or expression
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limpid
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absolutely quiet and untroubled
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myriad
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a great many
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rescind
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to make void; to repeal
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impasse
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a difficulty having no recognizable escape or solution
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amenity
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something that gives material comfort or convinience
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eidetic
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marked by extrordinarily vivid and accurate recall,visual
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intuitive
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percieving or knowing things without conscious reasoning
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imminence
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the quality or state of being ready to take place
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alleged
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questionalbly true; not yet found guilty
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irrepressible
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impossible to hold back or control
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revel
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to take intense satisfaction
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impetuous
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marked by impulsive vehemence or passion; by force of movement or action
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accost
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to approach and speak to in a challenging or agressive way
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swathed
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wrapped up or bond up in longstrips of clothing or bandages
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gossamer
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something light delicate or tenuous; cobwebs floating in the air
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grub
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to dig; to search about; to rummage
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