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20 Cards in this Set
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acute
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with a sharp point; keen and aleret; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time
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bluster
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to talk or act in a noisy and dthreatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is loud and threatening
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bungle
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to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to rin something through clumsiness
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commentary
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a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion
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duration
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he length of time that something continues or lasts
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eerie
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causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
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facet
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one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem
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fidelity
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the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness
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fray
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a brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate
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headstrong
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willfull, stubborn
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inhabitant
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one living permanently in a given place
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numb
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having lost the poer of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling
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pacify
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to make peaceful or calm; to sooth
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ravenous
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greedy; veryh ungry; eager of satisfaction
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refute
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to prove incorrect
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remorse
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deep and painful regret for one's passt misdeeds; pangs of conscience
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setback
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something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall
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smug
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overly self-satisfied, self-righteous
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synopsis
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a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary
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tarry
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to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while
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