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20 Cards in this Set
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Petulance
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N, unreasonable impatience
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Reticent
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Adj, not revealing one's thoughts and feelings readily, discreet
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Filial
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Adj, of or due from a son or daughter
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Adamant
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Adj, unyielding to requests, quite firm
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Languid
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Adj, lacking vigor or vitality
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Lassitude
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N, tiredness, listlessness
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Clandestine
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Adj, kept secret, done secretly
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Eminent
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Adj, famous, distinguished
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Taciturn
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Adj, habitually saying very little, uncommunicative
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Stalwart
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Adj, strudy; strong and faithful
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Precarious
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Adj, unsafe; not secure
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Despondency
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N, a state of being in low spirits or dejection
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Aria
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N, an operatic song for one voice
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Insipid
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Adj, lacking in flavor, interest, or liveliness
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Redolent
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Adj, smelling strongly
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Camphor
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N, a strong-smelling white substance used in making medicine, mothballs, or plastics
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Obelisk
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N, a tall pillar set up as a monument
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Precipitous
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Adj, steep
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Cambric
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N, a thin cotton or linen cloth
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Vertigo
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N, a sensation of dizziness and a sense of losing one's balance
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