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50 Cards in this Set
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encumbered
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burdened/hindered
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stoke
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tend to/stir up fire
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firmament
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expanse of sky
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deportee
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one sent out of his country for legal reasons
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unremittingly
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not stopping or pausing
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reverie
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daydream
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lamentation
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sadness, mourning
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spasmodically
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frequent jerky movements
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taciturn
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temporarily disinclined to talk
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nebulous
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vague, indistinct
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predilection
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established preference for something
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assuage
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soothe grief
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unsullied
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clean, unspotted
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impudent
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bold in a cocky way
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tacit
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expressed without words or speech
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dispensation
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exempt, release from
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domicile
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residence
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vindicated
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freed
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vengeance
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revenge with vehemence
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furtively
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sneakily
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assimilation
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fitting into a culture
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insinuatingly
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suggestively
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oppressive
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holding down, extreme control
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cliché
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worn phrase
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rebuff
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criticize/reject
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epitaph
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memoir on gravestone
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portentous
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dark foreshadowing
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transgression
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sin
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languish
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state of weak/feebleness
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prolixity
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wordy
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invocation
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conjuring
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mickle
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great
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impute
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relate/credit to
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enmity
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hatred
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bandying
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send back and forth
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sojourn
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temporary stay
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jocund
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lightearted
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inundation
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overwhelm, flood
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beguiled
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deceived
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culling
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select from group
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procures
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to get/obtain
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alliteration
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repeat of sound or sounds in first syllable of word
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assonance
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repeat of vowel sound in middle/end of word
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consonance
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repeat of consonant sound in middle/end of word
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meter
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arrangement of words in poetry
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iambic pentameter
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five iambs in a line (unstressed and then stressed syllable)
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onomatopoeia
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a word that makes the sound it describes, i.e. buzz
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literal
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actual, factual
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figurative
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figure of speech
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blank verse
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no rhyme iambic pentameter
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