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113 Cards in this Set
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Ailurophile
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A cat-lover
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Assemblage
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A gathering
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Becoming
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Attractive
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Beleaguer
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To exhaust with attacks
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Brood
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To think alone
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Bucolic
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In a lovely rural setting
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Bungalow
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A small, cozy cottage
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Chatoyant
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Like a cat's eye
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Comely
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Attractive
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Conflate
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To blend together
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Cynosure
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A focal point of admiration
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Dalliance
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A brief love affair
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Demesne
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Dominion, territory
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Demure
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Shy and reserved
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Denouement
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The resolution of a mystery
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Desuetude
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Disuse
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Desultory
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Slow, sluggish
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Diaphanous
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Filmy
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Dissemble
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Deceive
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Dulcet
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Sweet, sugary
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Ebullience
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Bubbling enthusiasm
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Effervescent
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Bubbly
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Efflorescence
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Flowering, blooming
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Elision
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Dropping a sound or syllable in a word
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Elixir
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A good potion
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Eloquence
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Beauty and persuasion in speech
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Embrocation
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Rubbing on a lotion
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Emollient
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A softener
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Ephemeral
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Short-lived
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Epiphany
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A sudden revelation
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Erstwhile
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At one time, for a time
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Ethereal
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Gaseous, invisible but detectable
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Evanescent
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Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time
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Evocative
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Suggestive
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Fetching
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Pretty
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Felicity
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Pleasantness
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Forbearance
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Withholding response to provocation
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Fugacious
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Fleeting
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Furtive
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Shifty, sneaky
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Gambol
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To skip or leap about joyfully
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Glamour
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Beauty
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Gossamer
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The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk
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Halcyon
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Happy, sunny, care-free
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Harbinger
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Messenger with news of the future
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Imbrication
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Overlapping and forming a regular pattern
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Imbroglio
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An altercation or complicated situation
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Imbue
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To infuse, instill.
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Incipient
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Beginning, in an early stage
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Ineffable
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Unutterable, inexpressible
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Ingénue
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A naïve young woman
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Inglenook
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A cozy nook by the hearth
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Insouciance
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Blithe nonchalance
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Inure
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To become jaded
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Labyrinthine
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Twisting and turning
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Lagniappe
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A special kind of gift
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Lagoon
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A small gulf or inlet
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Languor
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Listlessness, inactivity
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Lassitude
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Weariness, listlessness
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Leisure
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Free time
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Lilt
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To move musically or lively
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Lissome
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Slender and graceful
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Lithe
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Slender and flexible.
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Love
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Deep affection
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Mellifluous
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Sweet sounding
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Moiety
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One of two equal parts
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Mondegreen
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A slip of the ear
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Murmurous
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Murmuring
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Nemesis
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An unconquerable archenemy
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Offing
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The sea between the horizon and the offshore
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Onomatopoeia
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A word that sounds like its meaning
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Opulent
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Lush, luxuriant
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Palimpsest
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A manuscript written over earlier ones
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Panacea
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A solution for all problems
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Panoply
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A complete set
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Pastiche
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An art work combining materials from various sources
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Penumbra
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A half-shadow
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Petrichor
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The smell of earth after rain
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Plethora
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A large quantity
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Propinquity
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An inclination.
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Pyrrhic
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Successful with heavy losses
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Quintessential
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Most essential
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Ratatouille
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A spicy French stew.
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Ravel
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To knit or unknit
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Redolent
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Fragrant
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Riparian
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By the bank of a stream
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Ripple
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A very small wave
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Scintilla
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A spark or very small thing
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Sempiternal
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Eternal
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Seraglio
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Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem
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Serendipity
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Finding something nice while looking for something else
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Summery
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Light, delicate or warm and sunny
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Sumptuous
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Lush, luxurious
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Surreptitious
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Secretive, sneaky
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Susquehanna
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A river in Pennsylvania
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Susurrous
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Whispering, hissing
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Ripple
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A very small wave
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Scintilla
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A spark or very small thing
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Sempiternal
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Eternal
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Seraglio
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Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem
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Serendipity
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Finding something nice while looking for something else
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Summery
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Light, delicate or warm and sunny
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Sumptuous
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Lush, luxurious
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Surreptitious
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Secretive, sneaky
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Susquehanna
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A river in Pennsylvania
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Susurrous
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Whispering, hissing
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Talisman
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A good luck charm
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Tintinnabulation
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Tinkling
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Umbrella
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Protection from sun or rain
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Untoward
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Unseemly, inappropriate
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Vestigial
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In trace amounts
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Wafture
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Waving
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Wherewithal
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The means
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Woebegone
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Sorrowful, downcast
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