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15 Cards in this Set
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repine
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to be discontent or low in spirit
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veneration
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profound respect or reverence
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dirision
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ridicule
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inveterate
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deep rooted; long established; habit
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undergird
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to support or strengthen from beneath
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ostracism
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the act of banishing or excluding
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mealymouthed
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hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician
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pugnacious
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Combative in nature; belligerent.
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evanescent
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Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
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augury
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A sign of something coming; an omen
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fortuitous
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happen by chance; accident
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cataclysmic
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A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust.
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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feckless
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Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
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freckles are purposeless
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illusory
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Produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion; deceptive
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