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40 Cards in this Set
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Resignation
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patient acceptance, quiet submission
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Sodden
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soaked through; saturated
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Languid
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without energy, weak or weary
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Desecrating
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treat or use without respect; disregard the sacredness of; profane
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Lacerating
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tear roughly, mangle
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Expound
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make clear; explain, interpret, etc.
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Conjectures
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formation of an opinion admittedly without sufficient evidence of proof
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Mien
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manner of holding the head and body; way of acting and looking; bearing
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Disengaged
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free or release from anything that holds
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Sauntered
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walk along slowly; to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll
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Incredulous
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not ready to believe; doubting
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Cowed
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crouch in fear or shame
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Prostrating
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lay down flat; cast down
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Pugnaciously
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having the habit of fighting; fond of fighting; quarrelsome
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Ostentatiously
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done for display; intended to attract notice
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Futile
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not successful; useless; ineffectual
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Insinuations
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an indirect or covert suggestion or hint
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Usurper
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to seize and hold by force or without legal right
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Refracted
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to deflect from a straight path by refraction
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Temporized
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to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting
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Broached
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to bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate; to announce
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Endurable
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tolerable; bearable
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Languished
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to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade
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Gaped
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to stare with open mouth, as in wonder
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Transients
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not lasting, enduring, or permanent
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Fend
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to ward off
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Phosphorescent
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exhibiting the property of being luminous at temperatures below incandescence
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Sacrilege
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the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred
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Fracas
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a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar
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Stolid
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive
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Sultry
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oppressively hot and close or moist
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Oblique
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neither perpendicular not parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping
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Consolidated
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brought together into a single whole
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Disgorged
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to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth
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Supplication
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humble prayer, entreaty, or petition
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Ferocity
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a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness
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Delirium
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a state of violent excitement or emotion
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Fiend
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Satan; the devil
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Feted
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having an offensive odor; stinking
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Wanton
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done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably
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