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40 Cards in this Set
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IMPOTENT
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powerless
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IMPUDENT
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boldly disrespectful (you don't care what anyone thinks about you)
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MALEVOLENT
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evil
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REPERTOIRE
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all the special skills a person has
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TACITURN
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almost always silent; uses few words; speaks very little (Atticus)
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INDIGENOUS
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belonging to a particular region or country
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SECEDED
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to break away from
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SUBSEQUENT
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following closely after something else
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MELANCHOLY
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sad and gloomy
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BENIGN
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kind and gentle
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MALIGNANT
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dangerous; evil
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PERPETUAL
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lasts forever; ongoing
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PERPETRATED
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carried out; committed
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PROVOCATION
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to make angry or irritable
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ARTICULATE
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able to speak and express oneself
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DEGRADATION
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to put down; demoralize
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TIRADE
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a long angry speech
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AUSTERE
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stern and severe
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FRIVOLOUS
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silly, not serious
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PREROGATIVE
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exclusive right or privilege
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OMINOUS
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threatening; sinister
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SUCCINCT
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short to the point; clear and brief
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FORMIDIBLE
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impressive
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EXPUNGE
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remove completely
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INDICTED
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formally accused; charged
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TEMERITY
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foolish or rash boldness
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ACQUIT
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cleared of a charge; find not guilty
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HYPOCRITE
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people who pretend to be something they are not
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REMORSE
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feeling regret and guilt
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NOTORIETY
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fame
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FURTIVE
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secret
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REPRIMAND
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scold
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CONTENTIOUS
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always ready to fight or argue
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DISCERNIBLE
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understandable
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PERSEVERE
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to carry on in spite of difficulties
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TRANQUILITY
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peacefulness
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CHRONIC
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constant; habitual; continuing for a long time (such as a disease, habit, or weakness)
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MORBID
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suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; gloomy; gruesome; grisly
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INEVITABLE
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unable to be avoided or escaped; sure to occur; unalterable
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CONNIVED
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secretly cooperated or agreed to
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