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20 Cards in this Set
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visage
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n. the face, countenance, or look of a person
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vista
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n. a view or prospect
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vivacity
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n. liveliness
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vivify
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v. to endue with life
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vociferate
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v. to utter with a loud and vehement voice
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vociferous
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adj. making a loud outcry
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vogue
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n. the prevalent way or fashion
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waif
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n. a homeless, neglected wanderer
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wane
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v. to diminish in size or brilliancy
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wantonness
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n. recklessness
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whet
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v. to make more keen or eager
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wield
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v. to use, control, or manage as with a weapon or instrument
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wile
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n. an act or means of cunning deception
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winsome
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adj. attractive
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wrest
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v. to pull or force away by violent twisting or wringing
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wry
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adj. deviating from what is proper or right
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zealot
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n. one who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner
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zeitgeist
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n. intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize an age or epoch
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zenith
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n. the culminating point of prosperity, influence, or greatness
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zephyr
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n. any soft, gentle wind
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