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35 Cards in this Set
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haggard |
having a wasted or exhausted appearance |
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improvident |
lacking foresight |
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incipient |
begining to exist or appear in an initial stage |
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interim |
an intervening time, interval |
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contemptible |
the state of being despised, dishonor,disgrace |
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malicious |
desire to inflict injury |
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arduous |
requiring great exertion,laborious |
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brusqueness |
abrupt in manner |
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dutifully |
preforming to duties expected or required of one |
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taut |
tightly drawn |
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feign |
to invent fictitiously |
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pestle |
tool for pounding |
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coiffure |
style of arranging hair |
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haggle |
to bargin |
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audacity |
boldness or daring |
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esoteric |
understood by certain people |
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approbation |
approval, condemnation |
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benumbed |
to make numb |
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tumult |
violent and noisy commotion |
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requisite |
required or necessary for a particular purpose |
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begot |
to procreate or generate offspring |
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harbinger |
a person who goes ahead and makes known the aproach of another |
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enthralled |
to captivate or charm |
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rollicking |
frolicism |
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derisive |
characterized by or expressing derision contemptuous, mocking |
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ostrasize |
to exclude, by general consent |
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sires |
father or farefather |
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irreparable |
not reparable |
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dispensation |
an act or instence of dispencing |
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desecrated |
to strip or derive of sacred or hallowed character or office |
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deterred |
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding |
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imminent |
likly to occur at any moment |
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palavers |
a conference or disscussion |
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superfluous |
unnecessary or needless |
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pacification |
to pacify |
