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41 Cards in this Set
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Desultorily |
Fitfully; randomly; in a manner without purpose |
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Emaciation |
State of being extremely thin, almost to the point of starvation |
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Forbearance |
Patience |
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Insidious |
Sly |
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Lethargy |
The state of being lazy, slow, or drowsy |
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Perturbed |
Upset |
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Sanctimonious |
Hypocritically pious |
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Sententiously |
In a manner that is excessively moralistic |
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Timorously |
Fearfully |
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Eradicate |
Eliminate |
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Erroneous |
Incorrect |
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Martyrs |
Ppl who make great sacrifices for their beliefs |
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Prevaricate |
To lie |
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Recuperate |
Recover |
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Resolve |
To decide |
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Rotund |
Fat, chubby |
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Seditious |
Causing resistance or revolution against the government |
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Speculatively |
In the manner of thinking or wondering |
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Surly |
Rude or unfriendly |
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Unrepentant |
Feeling no regret or need for forgiveness |
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Vehemently |
Passionately |
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Vindicate |
To free from blame |
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Wantonness |
Lewdness |
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Contemptible |
Deserving to be despised |
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Evade |
To avoid |
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Fallacy |
A false or mistaken idea |
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Insurrection |
An act of revolting against aurthority |
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Malleable |
Capable of being shaped |
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Relinquishing |
Giving over |
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Capitulated |
Stopped resisting |
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Frivolity |
A trivial act that lacks seriousness |
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Torpid |
Sluggish or lacking vigor |
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Baize |
A woolen or cotton cloth that resembles felt |
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Concave |
Curved or rounded inward, like a bowl |
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Didactically |
In the manner of teaching a moral lesson |
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Admonished |
Repremanded |
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Cauterized |
Burned to prevent infection |
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Disquieting |
Unsettling, disturbing |
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Obliquely |
In an indirect manner |
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Sporadically |
Occasionally |
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Persecutions |
Acts of being harassed or made to suffer because of a belief |
