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41 Cards in this Set
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Perpetual
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Continuing forever
everlasting continual |
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Idly
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inactive
lazy vain |
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occasional
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occurring, appearing or taken at regular or infrequent intervals
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muted
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to reduce the sound of
to tone down - soften, subdue |
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desperate
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having lost hope
suffering extreme need |
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musty
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moldy
stale |
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loomed
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to take shape in an impending occurance
to appear in a great or exaggerated form |
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murky
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foggy
misty dark obscure |
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rasping
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to rub with something rough
irritate scrape |
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serenely
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calm
free of storms |
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listlessness
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lack of interest, energy or spirit
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scowled
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to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
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suave
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smooth
sophisticated |
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pummeling
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pounding
beating |
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loped
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run along with a long, easy gait
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lapsed
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to fall from a high level
sink or slip to go out of existence |
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bustling
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to move briskly
busily |
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tension
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stress
tautness |
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annoyed
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disturbed
irritated harassed bothered |
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quiver
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shake with a vibrating motion
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exhausted
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tired
used up completely |
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casually
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informally
occurring without regularity |
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valise
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suitcase
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gaunt
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lean
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marquee
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sign over the entrance of a theater
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seedy
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shabby
rundown inferior in condition |
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jostled
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collided with
came into contact with |
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meek
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mild
submissive |
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dignified
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having dignity
being worthy of esteem, respect |
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peered
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to look intently at
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preliminary
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something that goes before something else
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mimicked
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copied
simulated |
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smirk
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smile in a smug manner
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vague
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not clearly expressed or defined
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pursuit
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act of chasing
trying to gain something a hobby or activity done regularly |
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sullen
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dismal
gloomy sad |
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veered
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swerved off course
turned |
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vaulted
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leaped over
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mocking
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to ridicule
jeer make fun of |
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reeling
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thrown off balance as if from a blow
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swaggered
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walk with an air of overconfidence
bragged boasted |
