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60 Cards in this Set
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Intimated |
Stated indirectly; hinted |
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Comply |
obey; agree to a request |
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Interpose |
put forth in order to interfere |
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Afforded |
gave; provided |
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Solemnity |
seriousness |
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Render |
make |
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Singular |
remarkable |
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Attributed |
thought of as resulting from |
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Expiring |
dying |
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Malice |
ill will; desire to do harm |
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Fervently |
with intense feeling |
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Unnerve |
cause to lose one's courage |
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Provocation |
something that stirs up action or feeling |
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Distressed |
suffering; troubled |
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Cunning |
sly or crafty |
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Compelled |
driven; forced |
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Sentinel |
driven, forced |
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Deference |
respect |
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Perilous |
dangerous |
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Encompassed |
surrounded; enclosed |
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Oscillation |
regular back and forth movement |
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Pivotal |
central; acting as a point around which other things turn |
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Appalling |
frightful |
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Gyration |
circular movement; whirling |
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Abrasion |
scrape |
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Malign |
harmful; evil |
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Conflagration |
huge fire |
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Stolidity |
absence of emotional reactions |
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Ominous |
threatening; menacing |
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Gesticulating |
gesturing with the hands and arms |
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Provisional |
temporary, serving for the time being |
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Retraction |
withdrawl |
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Indolent |
Lazy |
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Blanched |
drained of color |
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Garrulous |
talking a great deal especially about unimportant things |
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Conjectured |
guessed or predicted |
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Infamous |
having a bad reputation |
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Dilapidated |
partially ruined; in need of repair |
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Interminable |
endless; seeming to last forever |
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Dispositions |
natures; characters |
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Allegiance |
loyalty |
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Caliber |
quality or ability |
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Wantonly |
Carelessly, often with ill will |
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Transition |
passage from one condition, form, or stage to another |
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Scrupled |
hesitated because of feelings of guilt |
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Appease |
satisfy; pacify |
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Avaricious |
greedy |
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Atrocious |
evil; very bad |
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Sordid |
dirty; cheap; shameful |
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Intangible |
difficult to define; vague |
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Undulations |
wave-like motions |
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Protruding |
sticking out |
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Apprehension |
anxious or frightening feeling; dread |
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Imperative |
Absolutely necessary; urgent |
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Extremities |
limbs of the body; especially the hands and feet |
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Recoiled |
shrank away; drew back |
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Excruciating |
intensely painful |
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Ensued |
resulted |
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Judicious |
cautious; wise |
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Appreciable |
measurable |
