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34 Cards in this Set
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fatuous
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silly
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fatuous
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foolish; inane; silly
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etiolate
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to whiten or become whitened by removing from sunlight
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obeisant
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adj an act of courtesy by bowing
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rendezvous
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a place appointed for a meeting
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prosaic
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lacking excitement or imagination; dull
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muslin
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a plain-woven sheer to coarse cotton fabric
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febrile
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feverish
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ramification
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the act or process of branching; consequence
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simian
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monky; ape
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demur
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to linger
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persiflage
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lightly jesting or mocking talk
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feral
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savage; wild
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fecund
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fertile;fruitful
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spurious
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false
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inimical
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harmful; unfavorable
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avaricious
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greedy
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nucleus
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core
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ossify
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to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, or opinions
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livid
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discolored; dark; enraged
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illicit
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unlawful
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insidious
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deceitful; sneaky
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surly
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unfriendly; rude; bad-tempered
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prevaricate
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to lie
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vindicate
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justify; clear accustion
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to quail
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shrink with fear; to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger
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to degrade
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to lower in dignity
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forlorn
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unhappy or miserable in condition, appearance or feeling
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torpid
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slow; sluggish; lethargic
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premonitory
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warn beforehand (premonition)
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to cauterize
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to burn for curative purposes
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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equivocation
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a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word to deceive
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heretic
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anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine or principle
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