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17 Cards in this Set
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doleful
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sad, mournful
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elude
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to avoid cleverly, to escape the perception of
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feral
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suggestive of a wild beast, not domesticated, savage
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incandescent
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shining brightly
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debacle
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a sudden, disastrous collapse or defeat; a total, ridiculous failure
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fortuitous
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by chance, especially by favorable chance; accidental
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galvanize
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to shock
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imprecations
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a curse
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impugn
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to attack verbally; challenge
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plebeian
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coneventional; characteristic of commoners
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purport
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to profess, support, claim
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dearth
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lack, scarcity, insufficiency
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solicitious
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anxious, concerned; full of desire, eager
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truculent
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disposed to fight, belligerent
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vernal
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related to spring; fresh
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prestidigitatin
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a cleverly executed trick or deception
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presage
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something that foreshadows
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