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53 Cards in this Set
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Deigning
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thinking it inappropriate to ones dignity; condescending
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Droll
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Amusingly odd
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Indignant
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angered at something unjust or wrong
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Inveigle
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to win over by coaxing and flattery; to tempt
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Prodigious
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extra ordingary; huge
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Ramshackle
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rickety; dilapidated
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Salient
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striking or conspicuous
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Specters
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Phantom apparitions
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Tacit
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implied
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Tentative
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uncertain; hesitant
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transit
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a translation or change
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Anarchy
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a state of confusion and disorder
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Cordial
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warm and sincere
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Effulgence
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extreme brilliance; splender
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Enmity
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deep rooted hatred
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Gaunt
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thin and bony; haggard
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Haphazard
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Charcterized by mere chance; accidental
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insidious
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deceitful; sly; treacherous
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loping
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moving with long bounding strides
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venerable
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worth of deep respect and reverence
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Decalogue
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a fundamental set of rules; the ten commandments
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sinecure
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a position or office that requires little work but provides a salary
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stupefaction
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great astonishment
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sultriness
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heat and humidity
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vindicted
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justified; defended
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Abashed
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made to fell ashamed or uneasy
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aphorisms
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brief statements of principle
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conjugating
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joining together
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elite
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the best or most skilled member
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idiosyncratic
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peculiar; odd
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impinge
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to encroach, to trespass
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opulent
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great wealth; abundant
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reticent
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relectant; unwilling
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sententiousness
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pompous moralizing
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austerity
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plainness; severe simplicity
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desolation
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solitude; misery
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enfeebled
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deprived of strength
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furlough
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a leave of absence
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multifariously
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greatly varied: diversly
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presaged
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indicated or worned in advance; prediction
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Rejoinder
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an answer; especially to a reply
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vagaries
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whim; gut feeling
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Assimilate
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to incorporate; to make part of
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balustrade
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a railing
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cogitation
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thoughtfull; considered
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cohorts or associatess
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companions or associates
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forlornly
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sppeating sad or lonely
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impervious
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incapable of being affected
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incarnate
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embodied in human form; personified
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infantile
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immature; childish
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latent
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not visible or apparent; hidden
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portliness
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stoutness
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undulations
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wavelike movements
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