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54 Cards in this Set
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abduction
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The criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
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Betrothal
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A mutual promise to marry
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Commingle
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To blend
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Conformity
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Correspondence in form, matter or use
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Debonair
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Having a gentle or courteous manner
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Embellish
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Make more attractive by adding ornament, color, etc.
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Euphemism
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An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
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Formidable
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Difficult to accomplish
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Impetuous
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Impulsive
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Ubiquitous
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being present everywhere
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Voile
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A light semitransparent fabric
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Benign
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Kindness and grateful of disposition or manner
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Moor
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Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
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Sacrilegious
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Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
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Scone
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Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
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Homely
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commonly seen or known, ordinary
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Incessantly
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Without interruption
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Couch
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Formulate in a particular style or language/ put in words, express
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Aura
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A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
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Essence
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It's most basic nature
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Stifled
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Held back, muffled
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Stimulate
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Cause to be alert and energetic
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Hypocritical
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Professing feelings or virtues one does not have
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Dismember
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Separate the limbs from the body
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Supposition
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A hypothesis that is taken for granted
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Challenge
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A test of one's abilities
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Principal
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Most important element
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Suitable
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Meant or adapted for an occasion or use
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Audacity
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Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
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Dependent
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Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
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Solitary
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Happening or done alone
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Fertile
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Be able to produce a lot of fruit or children
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Peculiar
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odd, strange
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Surplus
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More than is needed, desired, or required
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Preference
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First choice, something preferred.
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Transform
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Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
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Unclasp
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unfasten
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Dictate
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Issue commands or orders for/Say out loud for the purpose of recording
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Picturesque
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Suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
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Macabre
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gruesome, horrifying, ghastly
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Ambiguous
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Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
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Perfidious
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Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
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Pragmatic
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Concerned with practical matters
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Cacophony
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A loud, unpleasant sound
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Lackadaisical
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Lacking spirit or liveliness, listless
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Querulous
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Habitually complaining
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Spurious
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Not genuine, authentic or true
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Prosaic
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Not fanciful or imaginative, commonplace
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Provocative
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Causes a fuss, inflammatory, gets people riled up
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Substantiate
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Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
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Pretentious
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Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
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Precocious
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Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity esp in intelligence
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Somniferous
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Tending to produce sleep
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Prudent
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Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment with regard to the future.
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