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72 Cards in this Set
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scull |
To row, as in rowing a boat |
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pensive |
Dreamily thoughtful. |
She looked pensive as she stared into the distance. |
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denizens |
Inhabitants |
The island's denizens prepared for a tribal celebration. |
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Filial |
Having to do with a son or daughter |
Her wild makeup was an act of filial rebellion. |
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Jaded |
Made full, unbelieving, or cynical by experience |
After getting the wrong product twice from Amazon, Jonathan was jaded. |
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Antipathy |
Distaste or strong dislike |
Her antipathy for younger boys was obvious. |
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Epitome |
Ideal example |
He was the epitome of fatherly love. |
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Trammeled |
Restrained |
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Rebutting |
Contradicting |
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Presumptuous |
Too bold |
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Presentiment |
Feeling like something is about to happen |
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Abomination |
Something worthy of disgust or hatred |
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Bodice |
The upper part of a dress |
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Decipher |
Decode, understand something puzzling |
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Farcical |
Silly, absurd |
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Fatalism |
Belief that events are predetermined and humans are powerless to change them. |
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Impertinence |
Irrelevance |
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Invocation |
Calling upon in prayer. |
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Mollified |
Calmed, soothed |
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Palpable |
Able to be felt. |
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Parasitic |
Living in or on another organism. |
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Perfunctory |
Superficial or routine. |
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Pervaded |
Spread through every part. |
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Piqued |
Stirred up, aroused |
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Beseeching |
Pleading |
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Clambered |
Climbed using hands and feet, scrambled |
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Contrition |
A feeling of sorrow or remorse |
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Frond |
Large leaf or something resembling a leaf. |
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Gout |
Mass of something fluid gushing or bursting out. |
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Myriads |
Great numbers |
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Promontories |
High points of rock jutting out into a body of water. |
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Supplication |
Begging |
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Albeit |
Although |
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Derivative |
A word that comes from another word |
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Inertia |
Not willing to change or move |
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Jaundice |
Unusual condition when the skin turns yellow |
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Kibbutz |
Communal settlement |
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Omnivore |
Someone who eats vegetables and aliments |
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Vegan |
A vegetarian who doesn't eat meat or dairy products |
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Devastated |
Really sad |
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Discrimination |
Testing people differently |
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Eulogies |
Words of honor used when someone is dead |
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Morgue |
Where corpses are temporarily kept |
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Nonverbal |
Can't express feelings in words |
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Preconscious |
Not in consciousness, but able to be remembered |
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Punitive |
Involves punishment |
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Schmaltzy |
Having big feelings for something |
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Wake |
A watch held above a corpse before buried |
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Annihilate |
Cause to not exist |
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Infuriated |
Really mad |
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Insidiously |
Having a cumulative effect |
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Mosque |
Islamic house of worship |
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Prohibition |
Ordering someone not to do something |
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Propagates |
Continues/increases |
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Seething |
Having violent internal pain |
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Stealthily |
Slowly in secret |
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Virulent |
Very dangerous |
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Quarried |
Dug up |
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Bleak |
Hopeless |
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Impassive |
Inexpressive |
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Insistent |
Unrelenting |
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Lithe |
Agile |
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Menacing |
Scary |
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Prestigious |
Really respected |
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Adversity |
Hardship |
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Conspired |
Plotted |
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Perseverance |
Resolve |
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Diminutive |
Tiny |
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Illegitimate |
Born outside a legal marriage |
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Preened |
Congratulated |
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Secular |
Worldly |
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Armada |
A line of moving things |
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