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25 Cards in this Set
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Gloaming
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twilight
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Inebriate
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an intoxicated person
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Debauchee
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one who pursues pleasure excessivley
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Surplice
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a loose white gown, usually worn by clergy
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Interpose
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to come between
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Heft
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heaviness
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Cornice
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a projecting, decorative molding along the top of a wall or building
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Tacit
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unspoken but understood
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Inferential
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concluded on the basis of existing knowledge or belief
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Insinuate
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to suggest or imply
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Sepulchral
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suggestive of burial; gloomy
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Immemorial
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ancient; timeless
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Genial
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cheerful
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Credulity
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a tendency to believe easily
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Wont
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inclination or habit
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Pedestrian
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ordinary
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Fluke
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one of 2 flattened, horizontal sections of a whale's tale
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Imprecation
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a curse
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Blasphemous
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disrespectful to God
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Inscrutable
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incomprehensible; perplexing
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Naught
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nothing
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Unrecking
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neglectful; careless
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Torrid
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passionate
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Acquiescence
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agreement without protest
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Invocation
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prayer
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