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25 Cards in this Set
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angst
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gloomy, often neurotic feeling of generalized anxiety and depression
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bleak
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not cheerful; gloomy; dreary
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culpability
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crime fault, blame, deserving blame, blameworthy
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devastating
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to make helpless; overwhelm, desolation
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empathize
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to enter into the feeling or spirit of others; to feel what they feel
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frantic
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wild with anger, pain, worry, etc
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grieve
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to feel deep acute sorrow or distress
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helpless
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not able to help oneself, weak, powerless
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intone
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to sing, chant, recite, utter, the opening phrase
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jaded
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tired; worn out; wearied
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keepsake
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kept in memory of
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linger
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continue to stay, especially through reluctance to leave
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missal
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a book containing everything said or sung at Mass for the entire year
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numb
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weakened in or deadened; insensible with grief
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overcome
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to overpower or overwhelm
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poignant
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sharply painful to the feelings; piercing
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querulous
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inclined to find fault; full of complaint
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requiem
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a dirgelike song, chant, or poem
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solace
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an easing of grief, loneliness, discomfort, etc.
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triage
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a system of assigning priorities of medical treatment to battlefield casulaties on the basis of urgency, chance for survival, etc.
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urgent
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calling for haste, immediate action
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void
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invalid
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wistful
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showing or expressing vague yearnings
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truama
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a painful emotional experience, or shock, often producing a lasting effect and sometimes a neurosis
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inertia
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inability to move, act, or resist an opposing force; devoid of mental energy
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