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15 Cards in this Set
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ACOLYTE
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one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties; one who attends or assists: FOLLOWER
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ANEMIC
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relating to or affected with anemia; lacking force, vitality, or spirit; lacking interest or savor
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BAILIWICK
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the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff; a special domain
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COMITY
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friendly, social atmosphere; a loose widespread community based on a common social institutions; the informal and voluntary recognition of courts of one jurisdiction of laws and judicial decisions of another; avoidance of proselytizing members of another religious denomination
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CORDOVAN
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cap: of or relating to Cordoba and especially Cordoba, Spain; made of cordovan leather; a soft fine-grained colored leather; dense nonporous leather
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EXPOUND
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to set forth: STATE; to defend with argument; to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail; to make a statement:COMMENT
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FULSOME
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copious, cloying; characterized by abundance; generous in amount, extent or spirit; being full and well developed; exceeding the bounds of good taste:OVERDONE; excessively complimentary or flattering
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GLOAMING
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light as in TWILIGHT, DUSK, DAWN
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IMPETUOUS
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marked by impulsive vehemence or passion; marked by force and violence of movement or action
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PARLEY
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CONFER: to speak with another; discuss terms with an enemy; a conference for discussion of points in dispute
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SARCOID
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any of various diseases characterized esp. by the formation of nodules in the skin; a nodule characteristic of sarcoid or of sarcoidosis
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SPECULAR
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of, relating to, or having the qualities of a mirror
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URBANE
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notably polite or polished in manner
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VERISIMILAR
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having the appearance of truth; PROBABLE; depicting realism
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WAYLAY
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to lie in wait for or attack from ambush
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