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30 Cards in this Set
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Admonition
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caution, advise, or counsel against something
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Agonizing
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accompanied by, filled with, or resulting in agony or distress
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Alcove
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a recess in a room for a bed, bookcases
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Assuage
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to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
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Carnage
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flesh of slain animals or men
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Contorted
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To become twisted into a strained shape or expression
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Conveyance
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a means of transporting
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Diminish
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to lessen; decrease
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Distended
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swollen: out of normal shape
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Ecstatic
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delightful and joyful beyond measure
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Emphatically
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Expressed or performed with emphasis
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Empowered
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enabled; equip or supply with an ability
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Exasperation
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frustrated annoyance
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Expertise
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expert skill or knowledge
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Exquisite
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of such beauty or delicacy as to arouse intense delight
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Frazzled
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worn-out; fatigued
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Immobilized
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Expressed or performed with emphasis
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Imperceptibly
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very slight, gradual
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Imploring
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begging urgently or piteously
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Lethargy
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the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy
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Luminous
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radiating; shining;bright
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Obsolete
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no longer in use
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Permeated
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spread or flowed throughout
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Rueful
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regret; feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity
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Stealthily
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Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice.
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Successor
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person who succeeds another in an office, position
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Tantalizing
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to torment with:tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed
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Tentatively
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uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant
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Torrent
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a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything
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Trudged
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to walk laboriously or wearily
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