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21 Cards in this Set
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envoy
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Messenger
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demur
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decline to agree (v)
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paltriness
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Lacking importance/worth (adj)
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reticence
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Reluctant privatness reluctance to speak (n)
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compunction
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reluctance (n)
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emaciate
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Made thin - result of starvation (v?)
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delineate
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Outlines of something
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dejection
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low spirits (n)
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expedient
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Make something go more easy, useful (adj)
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munificence
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Generous (adj)
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vox humana
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Organ reed, tones of human voice (n)
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sophistry
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Collection of words that lead in the wrong direction (n)
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debonair
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suave (adj)
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Parboiled
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Partially cooked
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panopoly
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Splended or striking array (n)
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intrinsic
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Essential nature of thing
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thralldom
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Slave/serf held in bondage (n)
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misprison
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Contempt/disdain (n)
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interred
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Place in grave or tomb (v)
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inconstancy
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Sate of quality being ecentrically fickle (N)
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cacophony
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Jarring discordant sound (n)
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