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26 Cards in this Set
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Brooding
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Showing a continuous moody dwelling on a subject
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Furrows
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A long, narrow shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
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Morosely
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Gloomy, sullenly melancholy
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awry
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In a position that is turned or twisted toward on side
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elongated
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Having more length than width
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Acrid
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unpleasantly sharp, pungent or bitter to the taste or smell
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Cloying
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Overly sweet
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Translucent
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Allowing the passage of light without permitting clear vision of objects
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Gradations
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A series of gradual successive stages
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Contour
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The outline of a body, figure, or mass
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Perplexity
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The state of being intricate or complicated
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Disarray
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A state of disorder; Confusion
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Vigorously
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Strong, Energetic , and active in mind or body
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Malevolent
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Having or showing ill will; Wishing harm to others
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resonance
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Richness or significance, especially in evoking a strong emotion
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Hurtling
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To move with great speed and a rushing noise
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Searing
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Having a charred or scorched appearance
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Spawned
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To give rise to; engender
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Tranquil
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Free from commotion or disturbance
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Emissaries
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Agents agent on a mission
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Tenuous
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Having little substance
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Secular
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Worldly rather than spiritual
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Bungalow
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A small house or cottage
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luminous
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Full of light
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Defiance
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The act of bold resistance to authority
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Periphery
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A line that forms the boundary of an area
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