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15 Cards in this Set
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Animus |
A powerful feeling of hostility or antagonism; hatred An animating spirit |
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Equanimity |
Composure and calm in stressful conditions; equilibrium |
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Pusillanimous |
Cowardly; fearful |
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Ether |
The religious of space beyond the earths atmosphere. The heavens A highly flammable liquid anesthetic |
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Ethereal |
Spirit like in lightness and delicacy Heavenly; celestial |
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Diaphanous |
Allowing light to show through; translucent; delicate |
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Epiphany |
A revelatory manifestation of a divine being A revelation; a flash of understanding of the true nature of something A Christian festival, January 6, celebrating the visit of the wise men to the Christ child |
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Phantasm |
A phantom an apparition something unreal as in a dream or a vision |
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Sycophant |
A flatterer seeking favors or gain a servile self seeker |
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Aspiration |
Strong desire for achievement ambition toward a long range goal Expulsion of breath in speaking |
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Dispirited |
Dejected discouraged gloomy |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration a figure expressing excess |
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Hyperborean |
Far north, Arctic Very cold frigid |
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Hyperventilation |
The condition of taking abnormally fast deep breaths |
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Vent |
An outlet an opening for passage of liquids fumes or sometimes air To utter to express especially in reliving strong feelings |
