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93 Cards in this Set
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assuage
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to soothe
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piety
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devoutness
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impotent
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powerless
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dictum
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formal pronouncement
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taciturn
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disinclined to talk
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imprudent
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foolish, unwise
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sojourn
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temporary stay
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nebulous
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indistinct, vague
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chattel
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item of property
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predilection
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established preference for something
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apothecary
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pharmacist
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vapid
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empty headed
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malevolent
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evil
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flivver
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junky old car, jalopy
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iniquities
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wicked acts or things
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furor
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uproar
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disapprobation
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disapproval
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impressionistic
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easily influenced
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amiable
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friendly
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tyrannical
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despotic, dictatorial
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monosyllabic
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one syllable
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repertoire
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collection of works one can perform
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contemptuous
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filled with disgust
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indigenous
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native to a region
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fractious
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quarrelsome
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vexation
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frustration
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quaint
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charmingly old fashioned
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veranda
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roofed porch
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diminutive
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small
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WPA
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Works Progress Administration
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Philippe
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tirade, angry outbreak
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umbrage
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extreme anger
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palliation
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relief
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undulate
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to wave, as in the wind
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cantankerous
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disagreeable, temperated
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contentious
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argumentative
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denunciation
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condemnation
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oblique
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indirectly stated or expressed
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elusive
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difficult to express or define
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pensive
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dreamily or sadly thoughtful
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edification
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moral or spiritual uplifting
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bode
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to portend, to be an omen of
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frivolous
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self indulging, carefree, without sense
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garish
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crudely showy, ostentatious
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austere
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strict,severe,forbidding
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perpetual
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ceaseless, everlasting
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desolate
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forlorn, dreary
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accosted
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confronted angrily
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hitherto
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until now
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evasion
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avoidance
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ascertain
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to determine; to find out definitely
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Appomattox
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site of Civil War battle
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mortified
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humiliated or shamed
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quell
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suppress, subdue
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morbid
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unwholesomely gloomy
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scuppernongs
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sweet grapes
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auspicious
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promising success
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libel
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defamation by printed word |
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aberrations
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deviations from the norm
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magisterial
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authoritative
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unfathomable
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difficult to understand
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placidly
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calmly
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caricature
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exaggerated picture
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kudzu
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creeping southern vine
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melancholy
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mournful, gloomy
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taffeta
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fabric
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direst
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most dreadful; most urgent
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benevolence
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goodness
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cannas
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type of lily
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pestilence
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disease
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clapboard
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made of overlapping boards
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abominable
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hateful
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benign
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harmless
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hone
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sharpen
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Brevity
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shortness of time or duration; conciseness
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Unmitigated
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not lessened in force or intensity
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Temerity
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rashness, boldness
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Feral
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wild
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Fatalistic
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acceptance of all as inevitable
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Tacit
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implied; understood w/o being stated
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Impassive
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emotionless
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Aridity
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extreme dryness
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Demur
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to protest
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Rueful
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doleful; expressing sorrow or pity
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Stolid
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unemotional
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Sordid
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vile; morally ignoble
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Sibilant
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hissing
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Heathen
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irreligious or uncultured person
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Furtive
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sneaky
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Vehement
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intense, passionate
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Squalor
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filth and misery
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Bovine
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cowlike, dull
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Impertinence
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sauciness, rudeness
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