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15 Cards in this Set
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Aloof
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Apart, indifferent, detached, incurious, unconcernerd
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Append
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to add in supplement manner
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Atrophy
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to waste away, to wither
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Disdain
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intense dislike , to treat with scorn; reject as unworthy
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Garrulous
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talkive, rambling; voluble
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Impish
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mischievous, befitting of an imp
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Infidel
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a person has no religious faith, unbeliever (infidelity)
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Jostled
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to bump or push, as in a crowd; elbow or shove roughly
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Martyr
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someone who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce a cause
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Notorious
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widely and unfavorbaly known
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Oscillating
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moving back and forth, swinging, varying
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Quell
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to quiet or to put down a disturbance
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Scruplous
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very princpled, careful and conscienctious; meticulous
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Shard
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a fragment of a brittle substance such as glass
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Veracity
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devotion to the truth; truthfulness, accuracy
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