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30 Cards in this Set
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Throng
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a great number of persons crowded together.
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edifice
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a large, usually impressive building.
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Utopia
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a place or state of political or social perfection. Comes from a novel by Sir Thomas Moore about a perfect society.
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Allot
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divide or distribute in shares.
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Seasonable
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timely or opportune.
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Sepulchres
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a burial vault built of rock or stone.
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Ponderous
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weighty or clumsy.
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Congenial
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pleasant, friendly.
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Inauspicious
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not prosperous.
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Portal
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a doorway of imposing appearance.
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caprice
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impulse, whim, an impulsive change of mind, unpredictable
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capriole
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playful, goat-like leap in the air
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celestial
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pertaining to the sky
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Cicerone
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a tourist guide
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Close
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ending, but also a narrow passageway or alley
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Confidant
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one to whom secrets or private matters are told or confided
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Congregated
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grouped together
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Countenance
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facial expression, aspect; to condone, to approve
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Dearth
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scarcity, lack, shortage
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Discern
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to perceive differences, to make distinctions
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Eccentricity
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deviation from the normal; oddity
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Edifice
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building
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Efficacy
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power to produce the desired effect, ability to achieve results
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Emaciated
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thin, haggard, gaunt
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Erudite
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deeply learned, showing extensive knowledge
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Ethereal
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heavenly, delicate, intangible, spiritual
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Evanescent
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fleeting, likely to vanish; transitory
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Exemplary
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serving as a model, commendable
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Fain
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preferably gladly, willingly
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Ignominious
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deserving shame; despicable, degrading
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