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20 Cards in this Set
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incredulous
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skeptical; disbelieving
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prophetic
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fore telling events as if by divine inspiration
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environ
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to encircling area; surroundings
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recluse
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a person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude
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superlative
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of the highest order, quality, or degree
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commensurable
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measurable by a common standard
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autogenous
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produced from with-in; self-generating
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humdrum
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lacking variety or excitement; dull
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remorseless
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having no pity or compassion; merciless
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ubiquitous
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being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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timorous
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full of apprehensiveness; timid
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apprehensive
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anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
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expostulate
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to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct
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premonition
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to forsee the future
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exploit
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to take advantage of someone or something
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zealous
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motivated by a cause, idea or goal
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clemency
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a disposition to show mercy, expecially toward an offender or enemy
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implore
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to appeal to in supplication
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cynical
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scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others
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surreptitious
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acting or marded with stealth
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