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40 Cards in this Set
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assimilated
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absorbed
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copious
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plentiful
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visage
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face, facial features; appearance
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languid
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weak; without energy
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flushed
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turned red; blushed
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burly
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muscular
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timorously
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with fear or tension
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retorted
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answered quickly and pointedly
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dexterously
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skillfully; cleverly
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consternation
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frustration; puzzling dismay
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prosaic
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straightforward
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missive
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letter
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apparation
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ghost, spirit
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purview
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range of sight
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abject
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the most miserable
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settee
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a small couch or loveseat
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balustrade
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banister; railing
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reiterated
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repeated
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fabrication
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a lie
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pallor
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having low color; dimness
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preconceptions
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opinions formed before having complete knowledge
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opaque
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not allowing light to pass through
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pigment
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coloring
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commercialism
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profit-making
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costermonger
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a person who sells food from a wagon or cart
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desecrated
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spoiled, missused
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gaunt
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thin, lanky
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iridescent
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having many colors
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sordid
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unclean, immoral
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transient
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fleeting
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hansom
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a covered carriage
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intimations
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hints
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perambulator
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baby carriage
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revel
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to bask, take pleasure
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trodden
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walked upon, trampled
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accost
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to attack
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procure
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to obtain, acquire
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stonily
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without emotion
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vociferating
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crying out loudly against something
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corpulent
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fat
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