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23 Cards in this Set
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configuration
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at outline or contour; an arrangement or relationship of parts in a pattern
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rotundity
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roundness or plumpness
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crescent
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shaped like the moon druing its first or last quarter
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convolution
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a twisting, coiling, or winding; a complication or intricacy of form.
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wry
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twisted, crooked, distroted, grimly humorous
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awry
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crooked, not straight, wrong, amiss
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Athwart
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across, crosswide, or in opposition to
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transverse
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lying across or situated crosswise
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abut
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to touch or border upon
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access
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a way or means of apporoach or admittance; freedom or permission to approach or enter
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contiguity
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nearness, contact or close proximity
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periphery
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an outside boundary, or outer surface, or surrounding region
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environ
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to surround, enclose or encircle
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girt
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encircled or surrounded
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beset
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to attack from all sides, or to hem in or surround
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bestride
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to sit, stand, or ride with one leg on each side.
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interstice
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a chink, crervice, or a small or narrow space between closely set things or parts.
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orifice
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a mouthlike opening
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rift
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a split, crack, or separation
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schism
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split or division of one group into two discordant groups
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ubiquitous
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preset or existing everywhere
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nether
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lower or under, or lying beneath the surface of the earth
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seclude
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to isolate, shut away, or place in solitude.
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