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75 Cards in this Set
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torpid
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unable to move
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vacillate
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to waver; to show indecision
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gambol
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to dance or skip around playfully
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abase
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to humble; to desgrace
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recant
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to retract a statement
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benighted
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unenlightened
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zenith
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the point of cumination; peak
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galvanize
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to shock; to arouse awareness
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knell
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sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
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cosset
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to pamper; to treeat with great care
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desultory
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random rambling
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glower
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to stare angrily and intensely
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sonorous
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producing a full, rich sound
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mottle
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to mark with spots
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impervious
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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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hidebound
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excessively rigid
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permeable
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especially by liquids or gases
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trepidation
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fear and anxiety
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idiosyncrasy
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perculiarity of temperament
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scintillate
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to sparkle or flash
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evince
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to show clearly, display, or signify
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effrontery
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impudent boldness; audacity
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exhume
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to remove from a grave; uncover a secret
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didactic
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excessively instructive
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legerdemain
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trickery
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callow
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immature; lacking sophistication
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despondent
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discouraged; dejected
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machination
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plot or scheme
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impecunious
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having no money
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curmudgeon
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a cranky person
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transitory
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shortlived, existing only briefly
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indigent
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very poor
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prodigious
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vast enormous extraordinary
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effulgent
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brilliantly shining
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approbation
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praise, official approval
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lionize
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treat as a celebrity
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impetuous
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quick to act withought thinking
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vaunted
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boasted about
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belle
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misrepresent
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stoic
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indifferent to or unaffected by emotions
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negligible
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not worth considering
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garner
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to gather and store
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urbane
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courteous, refined, suave
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belabor
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to insist repeatedly or harp on
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diatribe
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bitter verbal attack
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ubliquitous
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being everywhere simultaneously
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sagacious
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shrewd keen
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extemporaneous
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unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment
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zealot
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someone passionately devoted to a cause
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antipathy
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dislike; extreme opposition or aversion
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parley
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discussion, usually between enemies
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entreat
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to plead, beg
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assuge
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to make less severe; to ease, to relieve
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parry
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to ward off or deflect
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ardent
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passionate, enthusiastic, fervent
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simper
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to smirk; to smile foolishly
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nuance
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shads of meaning
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effigy
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stuffed doll; likeness of a person
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lugubrious
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sorrowful, mournful; dismal
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hapless
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unfortunate; having bad luck
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officious
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too helpfull; meddlesome
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querulous
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inclined to complain; irritable
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ephemeral
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momentary, transient, fleeting
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divine
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to foretell or know by inspiration
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stultify
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impair or reduce to uselessness
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capacious
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large, roomy, extensive
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effusive
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expressing emotions without resraint
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aggrandize
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to make larger or greater in power
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ruminate
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to contemplate, reflect upon
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occlude
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to shut; to block
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sophistry
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deceptive reasoning or argumentation
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coalesce
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to grow together or cause to unite as one
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quagmire
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difficult situation; marsh
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buttress
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to reinforce or support
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contravene
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to deny, act contrary to
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