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39 Cards in this Set
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mercurial
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quick and changeable in temperamant
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sentiment
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tender, romantic or nostalgic feeling
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agitation
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disturbance; annoyance
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idealist
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a dreamer; unrealistic
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avidly
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with great interest; enthusiastically
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enthralled
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captivated; held spellbound
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insinuates
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becomes introduced gradually
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incipient
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beginning to exist
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liable
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likely; at risk of experiencing something unpleasant
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incarnate
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personified; given a human form
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laconic
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using few words
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trepidation
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a state of alarm or dread
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dispel
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to rid one's mind of
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philandering
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engaging in many casual love affairs
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remiss
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not attending to duty; careless
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subdued
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made less intense; toned down; softer
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solidified
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made strong; sturdy
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intent
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concentrating; engrossed
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dictation
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to say aloud to be recorded and to be written by someone else from the recording
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solitary
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existing alone
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comradeship
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friendship
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incredulously
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unbelievingly
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carte blanche
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with full permisson
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candidly
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frankly
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raucous
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harshl boisterous
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agonized
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suffering great anguish; struggling
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gist
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main idea
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clinches
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settle something conclusively
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falters
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stumbles; moves steadily
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befuddled
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confused
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overstrung
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pushed to one's emotional limits
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sensuous
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appealing to the senses
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imitated
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copied mannerisms, actions or speech
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striving
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struggling; working
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overemphasize
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place too much importance on
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anxiously
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with a worried eagerness
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ominously
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threateningly
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implacably
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in a manner showing unwillingness to make peace
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contemptuous
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dishonorable; disgraceful
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