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20 Cards in this Set
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reverberate
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force back, echo, relfect
become driven back, become reflected |
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lucent
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shining; bright ; luminous; clear
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cull
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something rejected as inferior or worthless; a silly person; a fool
pick out; slect from a group |
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autopsy
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dead body medical examination
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vogue
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the fashion; popular acceptance or favor, one in fashion at a particlar time
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reverie
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dreamy thoughts, a daydream, condition iof being lost in thought
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lucid
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easy to follow or understand; having full use of one's faculities
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Culmination
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reaching the highest point
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avarice
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greedy desire for money or property
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volatile
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tending to erupt into violence; fickle; characterized by rapid change
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debonair
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lighthearted ; nonchalant; smoothly trough often superficially polite and affable
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jargon
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meaningless talk or writing the language of a special group or profession
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ponderous
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very heavy; clumsy, dull, tiresom
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amnesty
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a general pardon for past ofeses against the government
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delete
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eliminate
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revile
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call bad names; abuse with words
use abusive language |
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lucrative
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bringing in money; profitable
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avid
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eager; greedy
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clandestine
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condcted in secrecy; private; concealed
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dotage
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decline of mental poise and alterness brought on by old age
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