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25 Cards in this Set
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Reverberant
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echoing
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Seigneurs
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lords
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Indignation
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strong displeasure at something considered unjust
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Matriarchal
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a female head of a family or tribal line
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Deigning
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to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity
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Inane
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lacking sense, significance, or ideas
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Prow
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the forepart of a ship or boat
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Inured
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to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain etc.
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Insidious
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intended to trap
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Inebriating
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to exhilarate, confuse, or stupefy mentally or emotionally.
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Idiosyncratic
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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
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Eccentric
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deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice
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Sinecure
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an office or position requiring little work
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Salient
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prominent or conspicuous
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Galvanized
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to stimulate by
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Aphorisms
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a short saying embodied by general truth
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Cacophony
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harsh discordance of sound
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Mesmerized
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to hypnotize
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Aesthete
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one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and music
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Inveigled
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to lure by flattery or artful talk
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Innately
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existing in one from birth
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Undulation
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wavelike motions
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Impervious
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not affected
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Languid
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lacking in vitality
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Bellicose
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eager to fight
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