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60 Cards in this Set
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bawl
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To cry or sob loudly; wail.
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disgrace
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Loss of honor, respect, or reputation; shame
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muttered
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To speak indistinctly in low tones.
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reckless
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Heedless or careless
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unfathomable
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Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible
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incredulous
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Skeptical; disbelieving
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roguishly
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Deceitful; unprincipled
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scatterbrained
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A person regarded as flighty, thoughtless, or disorganized
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scowled
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a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
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winced
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To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch
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aloofness
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Distant physically or emotionally
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cunning
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Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute
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gallantly
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Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing
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ornery
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Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous
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quivering
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To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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apprehensive
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Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
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contemptuously
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Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful
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defiance
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The act or an example of defying; bold resistance to an opposing force or authority.
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reformatory
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A penal institution for the discipline, reformation, and training of young or first offenders
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unceasingly
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Not stopping; continuous
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enluded
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To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness
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groggy
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Unsteady and dazed; shaky
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imploringly
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To appeal to in supplication
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indignant
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Characterized by or filled with indignation.
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recluctantly
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Unwilling; disinclined
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bewilderment
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The condition of being confused or disoriented
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defeated
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lost at something
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hysterics
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A fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying.
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surveyed
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To examine or look at comprehensively
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tangle
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mix together or intertwine in a confused mass
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drawled
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To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels
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exploits
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An act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one
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hauled
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To pull or drag forcibly
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mimicking
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To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture
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recurring
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To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly
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divert
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To turn aside from a course or direction
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doggedly
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Stubbornly persevering
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hesitation
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The act or an instance of hesitating
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numbly
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Deprived of the power to feel or move normally
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resemblance
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The state or quality of resembling, especially similarity in appearance or in external or superficial details
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affectionately
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Having or showing fond feelings or affection
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agony
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The suffering of intense physical or mental pain
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mortal
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Liable or subject to death
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stifled
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To interrupt or cut off
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superiority
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Higher than another in rank, station, or authority
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clad
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a disaese of some sort
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clenched
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holding pressure on somthing with your hands
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delirious
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looney from injury
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dumbfounded
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shocked from something
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stupor
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A state of reduced or suspended sensibility
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cocky
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Overly self-assertive or self-confident
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idolized
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To regard with blind admiration or devotion
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liable
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Legally obligated; responsible
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remark
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To express briefly and casually as a comment
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vaguely
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Not clearly expressed; inexplicit
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acquitted
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To release or discharge from a duty.
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corny
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Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental
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pained
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An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder.
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vast
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Very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
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veered
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To turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose
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