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37 Cards in this Set
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estranged
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to turn away in feeling or affection; alienated
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ethereal
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unworldly, spiritual, heavenly
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fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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felicitous
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well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; appropriate
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flourish
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to be in a vigorous state; thrive
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foliage
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a cluster of leaves
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frivolous
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charactrized by lack of seriousness or sense
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furrows
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long, narrow, shallow trenches made by a plow
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galvanized
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to startle into sudden activity; stimulate; excite
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giddiness
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an impulisive, scatterbrain manner
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gravity
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seriousness or importance
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haughty
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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
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hypocrisy
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a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc. that one does not really possess
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hideous
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shocking or revolting to the moral sense
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illustrious
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highly distinguished; renowned; famous
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impelled
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to drive forward with moral pressure
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imperious
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critical to an extreme measure
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indolence
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habitual laziness; sloth
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inordinate
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not within proper or reasonable limits; excessive
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incessant
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continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending
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indignation
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strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger
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interminable
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incapable of being terminated; UNENDING
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iridescent
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displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow
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jaunty
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easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
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jubilation
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a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation
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languid
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slow, listless, or weak
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limpid
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clear or transparent
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lament
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to feel or express sorrow or regret for
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lugubrious
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mournful, disdainful, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner
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magnanimous
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generous in forgiving insult
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melancholy
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a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression
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malleable
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capable of being shaped or altered
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mirth
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gaeity or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter
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monotony
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tedious sameness
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oblique
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diverging from a given straight line or course
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obsequious
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overly attentive or servile
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mortify
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to humiliate or shame
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