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15 Cards in this Set
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Mordant
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Biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style; incisive
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Canard
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A false or unfounded, deliberately misleading report or story
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Reciprocal
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Concerned each of two or more persons or things; mutually corresponding
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Integral
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Essential or necessary for completeness
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Callow
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Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature
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Timorous
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Full of apprehensiveness; timid
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Epoch
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An event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
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Austere
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Stern and cold in appearance or manner
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Explicate
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To give a detailed explanation of; to analyze logically
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Languorous
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Lack of physical or mental energy; listelssness, dreamy, lazy mood
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Onerous
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Troublesome or oppresive; burdensome
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Portent
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Something that foreshadows a coming event; omen
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Tangible
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Capable of being percieved especially by the sense of touch; possible to understand or be realized
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Brevity
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Shortness of duration
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Germane
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Being at once relevant and appropriate
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