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16 Cards in this Set
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Sophistication
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The process of becoming cultured, knowledgable, or disillusioned
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Stout
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Strong of character
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Pedantic
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Narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learnéd
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Medley
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A diverse assortment or mixture
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Cosmopolitan
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Having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing
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Pompous
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Excessively elevated or ornate
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Chasten
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To correct by punishment or suffering
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Throes
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Pangs; a hard or painful struggle
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Compelled
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Driven or urged forcefully or irresistibly
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Subterranean
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Being, lying, or operating under the surface of the earth
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Besiege
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To surround with armed forces; to press with requests
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Bog
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Wet, spongy ground
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Slattern
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An untidy slovenly woman
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Furled
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Wrapped or rolled close to or around something
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Chronicles
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Historical accounts of events arranged in order of time without analysis or interpretation
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Degenerate
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Having declined from an ancestral or former state
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