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52 Cards in this Set
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desolate
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deprived/gloomy/solitary/lonely/miserable/unhabited/abandoned
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intimation
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hint/suggestion
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complacency
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self-satisfaction/smugness
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bantering
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playful teasing
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bizarre
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odd/whimsical/grotesque
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exempt
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free from obligation
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feigned
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pretended
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fractiousness
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irritability/peevishness/unruliness
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supercilious
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proud in a haughty way
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contiguous
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adjoining/touching at the border
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apathetic
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indifferent/lacking feeling
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languid
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listless/without vigor/sluggish from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy/spiritless
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hauteur
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disdainful pride/haughtiness
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prodigality
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extravagance, lavishness, wasteful or spendthrift
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vehemently
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forcefully
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credulity
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willingness to believe/gullibility
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affectation
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artificial behavior
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convivial
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sociable/jovial/festive
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ascertain
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find out for sure
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cynical
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skeptical of man's goodness and sincerity/sarcastic
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punctilious
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precise/formal
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labyrinth
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maze
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disconcerting
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confusing
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sinister
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evil/malicious/harmful/ominous
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abstracted
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preoccupied/consider in general terms/ take away/ steal
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juxtaposition
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side-by-side placement
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fluctuate
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vary
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vestige
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of the past/ a trace of something no longer existing
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distraught
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upset/ agitated/ deranged/ perplexed/ bewildered
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abortive
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unsuccessful/ fail to develop
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defunct
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no longer exisiting/ dead
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simultaneous
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occurring/ operating/ or existing at the same time
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turbulent
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agitated/ disturbing
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turgid
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swollen or distended, as from a fluid/ bloated
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contingency
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an event that may occur but that is not likely or intended/ a possibility
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profusion
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the state of being profuse/ abundance/ lavish or unrestrained expense
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oblivion
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condition or quality of being completely forgotten
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saunter
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a leisurely walk or stroll
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dilatory
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tending to postpone or delay
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affront
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to insult intentionally, especially openly
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abyss
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bottomless pit
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inviolate
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not violated or profaned/ intact
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intermittent
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occurring @ periodic intervals
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presumptuous
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going beyond what is right or proper/excessively forward
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formidable
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arousing fear, dread, or alarm
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incessant
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without stopping
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ravenously
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extremely hungry/ voracious
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pervaded
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to cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone/ spread throughout
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corroborate
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confirm
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garrulous
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given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk/ riresomely talkative
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amorphous
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lacking definite form/ shapeless
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holocaust
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complete destruction
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