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20 Cards in this Set
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acute
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(adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time.
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bluster
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(v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts.
(n.)speech that is load and threatening. |
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bungle
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(v.)to act or to work clumsily and akwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness
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commentarty
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(n.)a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of a opinion.
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duration
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(n.)the lengnth of time that something continues or lasts.
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eerie
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(adj.)causing fear because of strangness; wierd, mysterious.
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facet
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(n.)one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of the gem.
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fidelity
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(n.)the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness
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fray
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(n.) in a brawl, noisy quarrel;
(v.)to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate |
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headstrong
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(adj.)willfull, stubborn.
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inhabitant
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(n.)a person or animal living perminantly in a given place.
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numb
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(adj.)having lost power of feelings or movement.
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pacify
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(v.)to make peacful or calm; to sooth
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ravenous
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(adj.)greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction.
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refute
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(v.)to prove incorrect.
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remorse
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(n.)deep and painful regret for ones past misdeeds.
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setback
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(n.)something that interferes with progress; a disapointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall.
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smug
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(adj.)overly self-satisfied, self-righteous.
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synopsis
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(n.)a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, ect.; a summary.
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tarry
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(v.)to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while.
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