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32 Cards in this Set
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abominable
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worthy of disgust or hatred
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abyss
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immeasurably deep space
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anecdote
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a short story about an interesting, amusing , or biographical incident
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avid
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urgently eager
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bereaved
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suffering from a great loss
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compatriot
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a person who was born in or lives in the same country as another
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compulsory
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mandatory; enforced
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contagion
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contagious or corrupting influence
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countenance
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face
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denounce
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speak out against
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emaciated
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very thinl wasted away
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encumbered
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weighed down; burdened
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exhortation
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urgent appeal
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Gestapo
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secret police who often employed underhanded or terrorist tactics
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harangue
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rant; lecture
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imperceptibly
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so gradually as not to be visible
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impetus
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incentive; stimulus
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incessantly
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without stopping; relentlessly
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inert
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inactive, unmoving
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infamous
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having a bad reputation
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interlude
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an intervening period, space or event
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interminable
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having or seeming to have no end
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lament
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express sorrow, mourning, or regret
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parched
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extremely thirsty
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parochial
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narrow; excessively limited.
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pillage
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looting; plundering
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premonition
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anticipation of an event ithout conscious reason; hunch
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queue
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line
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sabotage
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an act tending to hurt or hamper someone's intention
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stupefy
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make groggy
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vilify
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make negative, abusive statement about
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defiance
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tendency to resist or challenge
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