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80 Cards in this Set
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Abject
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Miserable
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Absolve
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To pronounce clear of guilt
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Ague
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Malaria fever
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Apprise
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To give notice to; inform
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Arbitrary
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Determined by chance
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Aversion
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Extreme hatred
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Cavalcade
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A procession of riders
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Censurer
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An expression of disapproval
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Daunted
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To abate the courage of
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Deprecatory
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Expressing disapproval
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Deride
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To speak of gideously
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Despotic
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Tyrannical
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Detract
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To draw or take away
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Dexterously
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Good W/ hands
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Diffidently
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Shy and timid
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Disreputable
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Bad reputation
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Dissipation
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Scattering
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Dogged
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Stubborn
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Doleful
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mournful
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Eloquence
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Persuasive expression
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Evade
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Avoid cleverly
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Exalt
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To raise in rank
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Faculty
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Ability to perform
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Formidable
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Arousing fear
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Furtive
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Characterized by stealth
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Futile
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Having no useful result
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Genial
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Friendly disposition
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Glinting
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A trace
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Harangue
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Long pompous speech
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Imperturbable
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Unshakably calm
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Imprecation
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Cursing
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Impregnable
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Impenetrable
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Incessant
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Without interruption
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Ineffable
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Indescribable
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Insidious
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Spreading harmfully
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Insurrection
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Open revolt against Auth.
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Interminable
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Endless
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Interpose
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Introduce between parts
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Intimate
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Hint
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Jouncing
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Jolting
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Languish
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Lose strength
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Languor
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Lack of Energy
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Magnanimity
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Nobility
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Misgiving
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To arouse suspicion
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Morose
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Gloomy
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Ostentation
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Boastful showiness
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Paroxysm
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Outburst of emotion
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Parsimony
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Stingy
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Peremptory
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End to debate
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Perturbation
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Agitation
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Piety
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Religiously reverent
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Plaintively
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Expressing Sorrow
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Prattling
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Babble
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Predominate
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Prevail
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Preternaturally
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Surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary
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prodigal
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Rashly or wastefully extravagant
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propitious
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Presenting favorable circumstances
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Provisional
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Provided or serving only for the time being
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Prowess
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Superior skill or ability.
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Remonstrance
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Act of protest
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Repose
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To place (trust, for example
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Resolute
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Firm, Determined
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Respite
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A usually short interval of rest or relief
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Retort
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To reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner.
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servile
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Of or suitable to a slave or servant
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Spasmodic
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Happening intermittently
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Spectral
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ghostly
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Spurn
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To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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Stolid
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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive
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Subjugation
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To bring under control; conquer
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Sublime
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Characterized by nobility; majestic
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Subsistence
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A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life
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Sullenly
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Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment
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Summarily
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Performed speedily and without ceremony
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Sundry
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Various; miscellaneous
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Surmise
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To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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Tousled
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To disarrange or rumple; dishevel
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Vindictive
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revengeful
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visages
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The face or facial expression of a person; countenance
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vulgar
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Deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement
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