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23 Cards in this Set
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impervious
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impenetrable; not permitting passage
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assuage
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to make milder or less severe, relieve; ease, mitigate
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purloined
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steal
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incommoded
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delay, obstruct
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enigmatic
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perplexing; mysterious
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exhortations
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an utterance, discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations
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amiable
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affable; showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities
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despondence
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feeling or showing profound hopelessness
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mortification
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feeling of humiliation or shame
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cadence
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rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words
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enraptured
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delight beyond measure
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interspersed
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to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things
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immured
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to imprison
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expostulate
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to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done
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deprecate
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to belittle
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disquisitions
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a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed
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sagacity
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acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment
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consternation
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a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay
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wantonly
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maliciously or unjustifiably
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appeased
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to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacity; soothe
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vestige
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a very slight trace or amount of something
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respite
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to relieve temporarily from anything distressing or trying; give an interval of relief from
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augment
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to make or become greater in number, amount, strength
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