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54 Cards in this Set
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feeble
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lacking physical strength
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convalescence
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gradual healing
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome
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bleakly
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dreary
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loomed
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coming into view
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sedate
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somber in manner
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specters
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ghosts
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tacit
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understood or implied without being stated openly
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nondescript
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lacking features
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abstracted
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lost in thought
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anguish
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strong feeling or misery
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chronic
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being long-lasting
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conventional
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conforming to accepted standards; traditional
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compelling
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forceful; demanding
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encroach
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to trespass, intrude
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formidable
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hard to do; overcome
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grave
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very important
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inane
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silly; foolish
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indulgent
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inclined to give in easily
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insidious
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treacherous; spreading harmfully
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inured
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become accustomed to something painful or difficult
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novel
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very new
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prevail
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win out; be greater in strength
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venerable
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profoundly honored; worthy of respect due to age
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verbose
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using an excessive # of words
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conformity
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accepting standards
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eloquent
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stirring in speech
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exhort
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to strongly urge
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gullible
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naive; easily tricked
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idosyncratic
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have a peculiar characteristic or mannerism
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immersion
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wetting by submerging it
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implausibility
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unlikeliness; unbelievablilty
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incoherent
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unclear or difficult to understand
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indignant
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angry; unfair or wrong
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infinitesimal
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infinitely
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insidious
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intending to trick, lie, or trap
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inveigle
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evil; trickery
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invoke
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call forth
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opulent
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rich and superior
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preeminent
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superior to others
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rhetorical
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question without expecting an answer
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sinecure
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position that requires little of no work
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sultryness
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humidity; heat
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transcendence
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being or existence above or beyond; materials experience
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culminating
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ending
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conformity
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accepting standards
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eloquent
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stirring in speech
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exhort
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to strongly urge
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gullible
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naive; easily tricked
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immersion
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wetting by submerging it
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implauisbility
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unlikeliness; unbelievablilty
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incoherent
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unclear or difficult to understand
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indignant
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angry; unfair or wrong
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infinitesimal
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infinitely
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