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47 Cards in this Set
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astral
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relating to the stars
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nautical
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pertaining to sailing
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fecund
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fertile; fruitful
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fallow
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unused; plowed but not cultivated
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cosmic
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relating to the universe
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celestial
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relating to the sky
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arable
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able to be cultivated
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desiccated
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completely dried out
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quagmire
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swampy land; difficult situation
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bucolic
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characteristic of the countryside
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surfeit
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a surplus amount
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scanty
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meager; barely enough
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replete
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completely filled
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rarefy
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to make less dense or less plentiful
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tribulation
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a cause of great trouble or suffering
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despondent
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lacking hope
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doleful
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filled with grief
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malady
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a disease
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dirge
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a funeral song
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affliction
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a disorder causing suffering
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elegy
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a poem or song relating to death
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doldrums
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the blues; persistent unhappiness
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anthropology
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the study of human cultures
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semantics
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the study of the meanings of words and symbols
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theology
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the study of religion
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pathology
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the study of disease
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entomology
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the study of insects
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genealogy
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the study of ancestry
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oncology
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study of tumors
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hermit
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one who prefers to live alone
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ostracize
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to exclude from a group
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recluse
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one who likes to live alone
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pariah
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an individual who has been excluded from a group
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relegate
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to banish; to demote in rank
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distend
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to swell; to increase in size
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propagate
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to cause to multiply
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diffuse
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to spread out, as a gas
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germinate
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to sprout; to grow
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rampant
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growing out of control
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saturate
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to fill completely, as with a liquid or solid
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addendum
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something added; a supplement to a book
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postscript
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a message added after the completion of a letter
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append
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to affix something; to add on
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adjunct
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added in a subordinate capacity
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augment
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to add onto; to make greater
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cession
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the act of surrendering or yielding
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appropriate
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to take another's work or possessions as one's own
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