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22 Cards in this Set
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gaunt
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extremely thin and bony, emaciated
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destitute
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poor, without means of subsistence, lacking food, clothing, shelter
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swoon
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to faint or lose consciousness, to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy
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capricious |
sudden and unaccountable change in behavior, fickle |
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squander
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waste something such as money or time in a reckless manner
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indefatigable |
incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring. |
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abtruse
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difficult to understand, obscure
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Surreptitiously |
done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine. |
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Meretricious |
apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity
worthless, valueless, tasteless |
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Attune |
make receptive or aware |
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Loll (ed) |
sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way |
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Solipsism |
knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside the mind. |
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Perfunctory |
of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection Routine, automatic |
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Engorge |
cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid; eat to excess |
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Incondite |
Badly put together, crude |
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Impunity |
exemption from punishment |
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Lascivious |
of a person, manner, or gesture) feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire. |
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Langour |
weakness or weariness of body or mind |
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Odious |
extremely unpleasant; repulsive |
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Concubine |
in polygamous societies) a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives, mistress |
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Aberrant |
deviating from what is normal or the the expected course |
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Parable |
a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, fable |
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