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49 Cards in this Set
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acquiesce
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agree, accept without protest
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affliction
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distress, suffering
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agitate
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move, shake, stir up
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anne
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xtake possession of
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aroma
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quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical
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avarice
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greed
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docile
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easily trained or controlled
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doleful
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dismal, mourful
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dubious
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feeling doubt
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dumbfound
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astonish
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efface
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rub or wipe out, obliterate
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elucidate
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to make understandable
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endeavor
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to make an effort, to try very hard
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enthral
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take the whole attention, enslave
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exploit
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to use for selfish advantage or profit
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extol
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to praise highly
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ghastly
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death-like, pale and ill
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heretic
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very busy; active
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insatiate
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never satisfied
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intrepid
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fearless
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irate
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angry
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malign
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to slander
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mirth
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being merry and happy
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perch
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take up a high position
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pervade
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spread through every part of
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petulant
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unreasonably impatient or irritable
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pillage
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plunder (esp in war)
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presumptuous
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too bold or self-confident
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quashed
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annuled
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quenching
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satisfy, put an end to, put out
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reticent
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in the habit of saying little
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reverberate
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be sent back, again and again
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rotundity
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state of being round
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sketchy
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shortly, roughly, quickly
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stifled
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suppressed, kept back
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subsequent
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following
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succumb
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yield, die
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taciturn
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unspoken, silent
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tantalize
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raise hopes that cannot be realized
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torpid
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dull and slow
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treacherous
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not to be trusted, perfidious
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tremor
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thrill
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tyro
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a beginner
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vehemence
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forcefulness; intensity; conviction
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vigilance
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watchfulness
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vindicate
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prove the truth
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voluptuous
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arousing sensual pleasures
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wan
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looking ill, not bright
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wile
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a trick
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