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50 Cards in this Set
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Hidebound
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narrow minded and rigid especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkly conservative
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Noisome
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offensive or disgusting; foul smelling; harmful or injurious
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Bellwether
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the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
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Adjunct
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something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential
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Vignette
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a short description or sketch
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Oblivious
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forgetful;unaware
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Chimerical
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absurd;wildly fantastic;impossible
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Obfuscate
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to darken or obscure;to confuse or bewilder
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Lachrymose
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given to tears or weeping;causing to shed tears;mournful,lugubrious
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Aegis
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protection; patronage; sponsporship
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Decracinate
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to pull up by the roots, to root out, uproot, or dislocate;to eliminate all traces of
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Versimilitude
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the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable
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Paternalism
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the policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children
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Apprise
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to inform of;to make aware of by giving oral or written notice
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Therapeutic
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having the power to cure or heal;beneficial
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Quizzical
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puzzled;mocking,odd;equivocal
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Icon
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a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself;a symbol
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Cozen
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to trick; to cheat or swindle
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Persiflage
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lighthearted joke talk or writing
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Enclave
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an enclosed district region or area inhabited by a particular group of people of having a special charatcer
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Gratis
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free;without charger
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Mnemonic
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a device to aid the memory;relating to or designed to assist the memory
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Risible
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pertaining to laughet;able or inclined to laugh; laughable
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Elixir
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a potion once though capable of curing all ills and maintaining life indefinitely;a panacea
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Affinity
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a natural attraction to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship
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Derring-do
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valor or heroism; daring dees or exploits 9often used to poke fun at false heroics)
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Volte-face
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an about-face;a complete reversal
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Symptomatic
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typical or characteristic;being or concerned with a symptom of a disease
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Vicissitude
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a change or variation or alteration
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Foray
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a quick raid, especially for plunder
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Panache
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a confident and stylish manner, dash;
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Afficionado
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an ethusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
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Persona
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a character in a novel or play
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Genre
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a type class or variety, especially a distinctive catergory of literary composition
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Obsequies
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funeral rites or ceremonies
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Iconoclastic
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attacking or seeking to overthrow popular beliefs ideas or institutions
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Prescience
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foresight; knowledge of events or actions before they happen
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Internecine
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mutually destructive;characterized by great slaughter or bloodshed
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Waggish
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fond of making jokes;charateristic of a joker,plyfully humorous or droll
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Abortive
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failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose;only partially or imperfectly developed
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Vitiate
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to weaken,debase,or corrupt; to impair the quality of
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Touchstone
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a means of testing worth or genuineness
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Philistine
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lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements
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Savoir-faire
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social competence;the ability to do or say the right thing in any situation
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Queasy
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nauseated or uneasy
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Ambivalent
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having oppisite or conflicted feelings about someone or something
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Inchoate
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just beginning; not fully shaped or formed
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Debauch
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to corupt morally, seduce; to indulge indissipation
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Abeyance
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a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended,or set aside
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Malleable
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capable of being altered, adapted, or influence
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