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20 Cards in this Set
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grimaces
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twisting of the face in fun or in a look of pain; disgust
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sophisticated
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very complicated, based on the latest ideas, techniques
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flourished
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grow strongly; be successful or healthy; prosper
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unintelligible
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not understandable
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deception
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deceiving; fraud
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supernatural
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outside or beyond the known laws of nature
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precision
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exactness, accuracy
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manual
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made, done, or worked with the hands
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hub
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center of a wheel, center of activity
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urban
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related to the city
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innovation
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an invention, a new development
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adjective
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a word used to describe a noun
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noun
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a person, place or thing
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words that end in -sion or -tion or -ness are...
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nouns
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adverb
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a word used to describe a verb
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verb
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words that describe action or activity
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to revere
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to feel deep respect or admiration for something
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to whelm
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to surround or engulf
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opalescent
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showing varying colors like an opal does
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antebellum
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before war, especially Civil War (1861 to 1865)
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