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19 Cards in this Set
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sullen
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showing irritation or ill humor by gloomy silence or reserve
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estimable
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worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration
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tirade
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a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation
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insubordination
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disobedience; act of behaving above one's rank or position
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mull
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to study or ruminate; ponder
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interminable
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endless; never ending; non-stop
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dubious
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of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable
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irreparably
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not reparable; incapable of being remedied or made good
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acclimatized
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to adapt oneself, especially to environmental or climatic changes
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vivacity
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liveliness; animation; sprightliness
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scornful
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contemptuous
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nimbly
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being quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid
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adoration
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the act of paying honor, as to a divine being; worship
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reprimand
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a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority
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mystification
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to perplex a person by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely
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corroded
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to impair; deteriorate
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emitting
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to give forth or release a sound
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contemptible
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despicable; disgraceful; shameful
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unperturbed
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calm and serene; unruffled
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