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13 Cards in this Set
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lugubrious |
Excessively mournful;dismal, or gloom, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unreleved |
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Magnanimous |
free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness; high-minded; noble generous in spirit |
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Menagerie |
A collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition; a diverse or exotic group |
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Ontentatious |
Intended to attract notice or in an attempt to impress others |
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Precipice |
Face or brink or overhang of a steep hill or mountain. |
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Prodigious |
Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.; wonderful or marvelous; abnormal; monstrous |
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Purloin |
To take dishonestly; to commit theft; steal |
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Sagacity |
Foresight, discriminate, or keen perception; ability to make good judgments |
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Solemn Solemnity |
Grave, sober, or mirthless; serious or earnest The state or character of being solemn;earnestness |
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stolid |
not easily stirred or moved mentally;unemotional;showing little or no emotion or interest |
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succumb |
to be fatally overwhelmed(by disease,old age, etc);to give way in face of the overwhelming (of or desire (for) |
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sumptuous |
luxuriously fine or large;lavish;splendid |
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venerable |
(esp of a person) worthy of reverence on account of great age,religious associations,character,position,etc. |
