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88 Cards in this Set
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saturnine
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sluggish:gloom:grave
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solecism
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slang
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spoonerism
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unintentional exchange of sounds
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sybarite
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one who is fond of luxury
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acidulous
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somewhat acid or sour
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baleful
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deadly:sinister
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bellicose
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ready to fight
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bilious
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bad tempered
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caotious
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critical
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churlish
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rude
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contrite
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crushed by a feeling of guilt
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convivial
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festive
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craven
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cowardly
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debonair
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courteous
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dyspeptic
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grouchy
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lachrymose
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sad mournful
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neaurasthenic
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emotional problems that lead to weakness and depression
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aberrant
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abnormal
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anthropomorphism
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giving non human things human qualities
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archetype
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original pattern/model
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authoritarian
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unquestioning obedience to authority
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catharsis
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anything done to relieve emotion
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demography
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study of births, deaths, population, etc in an area
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epidemiology
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study of causes and controls of epidemics
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euthanasia
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mercy killing
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extrovert
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outgoing person
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psychic
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beyound natural known mental process
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pcychopath
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person with mental disorder
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psychotherapy
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mental treatment
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aficionado
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a fan
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barrio
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Spanish ghetto
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bonanzo
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any source of wealth
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bravado
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pretend courage
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desperado
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criminal
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flotilla
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small fleet
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grandee
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high ranking nobleman
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haciendo
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large estate
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lariat
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lasso
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machisimo
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manly self-assurance
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palmetto
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small palm tree
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renegade
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traitor
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siesta
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midday nap
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tarero
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bullfighter on foot
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anachronism
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anything out of place in time
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anon
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soon
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antebellum
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before the civil war
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antedulivian
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old-fashioned
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atavism
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resemblance to a remote ancestor
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augury
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can foretell the future
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betimes
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early
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biennial
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every 2 years
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diurnal
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daily
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eon
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long period of time
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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epoch
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noteworthy period of time
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generation
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period of time between the birth of one group and its offspring
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score
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twenty people or objects
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tercentenary
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period of 300 years
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thrall
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slave or slavery
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tryst
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meeting place for lovers
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bovine
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ox or cow
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equine
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horse: horselike
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feline
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cat family
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hircine
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goatlike
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leonine
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lionlike
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lupine
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ravenous: wolflike
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ophidian
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snake like
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ovine
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sheep:sheeplike
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piscine
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fishlike
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porcine
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piglike
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saurian
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lizardlike
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taurine
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bullike
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ursine
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bearlike
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vixen
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female fox: malicious women
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volvine
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foxlike
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bane
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cause of death
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deign
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to think beneath one's diginity
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eke
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to make a living with difficulty
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knell
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to ring in a slow and solemn way
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mete
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to distirbute
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mooot
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debatable as to be meaningless
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mulct
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to punish
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plumb
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perfectly vertical
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quail
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draw back in fear
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roil
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to make liquid or cloudy
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ruck
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heap or stack
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shunt
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to swift from one side to another
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svelte
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slender:graceful
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