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29 Cards in this Set
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Oblong
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having an elongated shape
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Corrugated
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shaped into alternated ridges and grooves
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Tableaux
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a group of models or figures representing a scene from a story
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Frowsy
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Scruffy and neglected in appearance
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Archaic
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very old or old fashioned
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Furtively
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attempting to avoid notice or attention
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Strident
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loud and harsh
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Nebulous
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unclear, vague or ill defined
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Unorthodoxy
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contrary to what is usual, traditional or accepted
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Orators
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a public speaker esp. who is eloquent or smooth
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Inexorably
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impossible to stop or prevent
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Equivocal
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open to more than one interruption
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Voluptuously
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characterized by a luxury or sensual pleasure
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Futile
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incapable of producing any useful result
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Gamboling
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run or jump about playfully
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Capering
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skip or dance in a lively or playful way
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Catapult
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hurl or launch something in a specified direction
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Zealot
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a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in their persuit of their religious, political or other ideas.
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Disdainfully
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showing contempt or lack of respect
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Remedied
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medicine or treatment for a disease or injury
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Gyrating
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move or cause to move in a circle or a spiral
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Shrewish
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a bad tempered or aggressively assertive women
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Pneumatic
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containing or operated by air or gas under pressure
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Jargon
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special words and expressions that are particularly hard to understand
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Rectify
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put (something) right, correct
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Collated
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collect and combine in proper order
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Palimpsest
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a manuscript or piece of writing on which the original writing was effaced to make from for later writing but of which traces remain
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Garbled
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reproduce, (a message, sound or transmission) in a confused or distorted way
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Clandestinely
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kept secret esp. because illicit
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