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59 Cards in this Set
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interminable
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unending
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luminous
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bright
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spectral illumination
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ghostly/ghost-like/sense of something beyond physical world
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diaphanous
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hazy
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abomination
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anything extremely disliked/hated
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somnambulist
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sleepwalker
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placidity
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pleasantly peaceful (starts w/ letter P)
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lugubrious
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mournful (in an unrelieved way)
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phrenology
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theory of skull structure determining mental skills/traits
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uncongenial
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disagreeable/unsuitable (in nature, character, spirit, feeling, temper)
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prevaricator
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liar
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rapacity/rapacious
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greedy, living off prey
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trenchant
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extremely sensitive/responsive
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philanthropic pretense
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a false show of unselfish concern for other humans
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sepulchral
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hollow/deep (like a tomb)
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supercilious
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hateful (starts w/ letter S)
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moribund
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near death/extinction
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sordid
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morally bad
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insolence
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hateful/disrespectful/rude (starts w/ letter i)
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inextricable
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hard to solve/confusingly difficult
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ponderous
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heavy (like a burden)
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circumvent
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to go around/avoid
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recrudescence
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new activity after period of nothing going on
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intrepid
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fearless, resolute
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tumultuous
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noisy, excited, emotional
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obstinate
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undesirably adhering to an opinion
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precarious
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uncertain
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odious
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arousing or deserving hate
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bereavement
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state of mourning/intense grief
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perdition
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hell/damnation
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enigma
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mystery
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pensive
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sadly thoughtful
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evanescent
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vanishing like vapor
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languid
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lacking in strength/vitality
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dubious
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unsure of result
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insipid
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boring/tedious
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disparage
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lowering in rank or reputation
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innate
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existing in one from birth
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lurid
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gruesome/shocking/horrible
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supercilious
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patronizingly and arrogantly superior or disdainful
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destitution
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lacking something needed, like resources
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haggard
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looking exhausted and unwell
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jocose
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joking/funny
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propitiatory
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regain good favor of someone
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revile
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subject to verbal abuse
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inexorable
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not to be persuaded, stopped
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interloper
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unlicensed trader
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ostentatious
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showy / flexin'
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crestfallen
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discouraged
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volubility
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too talkative
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declivity
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downward inclination
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culminate
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reach the highest point/final stage
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candour (candor)
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fairness
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folly
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lack of good sense, foolish
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tempestuous
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stormy
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imperturbable
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extremely calm
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peroration
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"ending bang" of a speech
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sententiously
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excessively moralizing
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craven
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cowardly
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