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25 Cards in this Set
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Solicitous
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Showing care or concern
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Fawning
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Trying to get something by flattery ot groveling
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Impertinently
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rudely, impolitely, insultingly
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Luridly
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Sensationaly ghastly; passionately
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Dubiously
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Doubtfully; uncertainly
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Olfactory
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having to do with sence of smell
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Labial
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of the lips
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Tactile
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having to do with sence of touch
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Leviathan
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huge sea monster in myths;
whale or other large mammals |
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Dirge
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Funeral lament or hymn
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Propogation
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spreading or extending
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Cynics
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person inclined to doubt the sincerity and ggodness of human motives
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Promontory
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high point of land
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Turgidly
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in swollen, bloated, distended manner
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Insolent
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Boldly rude; disrespectful; insulting
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Decorum
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proper behavior; good taste in conduct, speech or dress
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Innocuous
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Harmless; not hurtful or injurious
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Offal
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Waste parts of an animal, fish, or bird; garbage, rubbish
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Nebulous
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Lacking from; hazy or vague
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Conflagrations
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big, destructive fires
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Odious
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very displeasing; offensive
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Coruscating
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giving off flashes of light
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pallid
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lacking color; pale
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titanic
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having great size, strength, power, or intellect; huge, colossal
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disconcerting
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disturbing, confusing, embarrassing
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