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95 Cards in this Set
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banal
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stale from over use
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lampoon
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to satirize or make fun of an original
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pseudonym
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false name
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nebulous
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vague, hazy, unclear
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purloined
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to steal
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euphemism
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mild way of saying somehting thats harsh
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nefarious
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wicked, evil
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bellicose
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hostile, or war-like
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nemesis
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unbeatable advarsary
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lugubrious
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deeply sad, overly mornful
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distraught
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aggitated
obviously upset |
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admonish
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warn or scold
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finesse
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delicate skill and subtlety
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abject
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miserable, low poverty
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reviles
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attack verbally
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configuration
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arrangment to form an outline
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salient
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noticable
prominent conspicuous |
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extant
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not destroyed, still in esistant
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herculean
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requireing great physical strength
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ludicrous
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ridiculous
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deduced
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reason by using facts
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corroborated
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confirmed
support with evidence |
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dearth
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lack
scanty supply |
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scrupulous
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percise and exact
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diurnal
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daily
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cander
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honest, frank, open
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captivated
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facinated
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aberrations
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deviated from the normal, an exception
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proponents
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supporters
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auguries
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omens
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artifice
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artful trick
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refute
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disprove
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chicanery
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the art of trickrery and deception
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adjudged
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decree by a court
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retrosepct
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looking at the past
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coerced
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to force
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terra firma
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solid earth
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loquacious
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talktative
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mete
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to give out
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guantlet
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metal plated glove
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acrinominous
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sharp and bitter
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consternation
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dismay
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desist
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stop, cease
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benevolence
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goodness and charatible
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firmament
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the heavens and skies
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mottled
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speckle streaked, blotted
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burnish
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a shiny finish, or the act of polishing
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enigma
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a riddle or puzzle
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esoteric
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cryptic, understood by few
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bode
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fortell
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atrophy
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to waste away
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voluminous
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massive
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precursor
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forerunner
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expounds
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describe in detail
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misnomer
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false name
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abscond
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to steal away
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adjure
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command
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aspersion
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slanderous comment
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biennial
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occurs every two years
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capricious
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erratically straying
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circumvent
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circle around
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elicit
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to bring forth
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emaciate
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wasting away with fever
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equivocal
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unclear meaning
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ethereal
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deliciate
out of this world |
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extort
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obtain by threats or force
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fiasco
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complete and total failure
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ignominy
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public disgrace
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longievity
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length of life
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malign
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to speak evilly of
to slander |
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malinger
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to pretend to be sick to get out of work
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prognosis
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forecast
diagnosis |
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remonstrate
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protest
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repraisial
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payback
revenge |
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taciturn
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uncommunicative people
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mercurial
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constantly changin
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denizens
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citizens or inhanitatns
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assiduously
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perservering
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aver
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declare; state positively
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tenable
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reasonable
able to be supported |
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fissures
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crack or split
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equanimity
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clamness
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cessation
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a pause or step
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impeccable
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without flaw
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extenuating
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to serve as an excuse
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avarice
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greed
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pecurary
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money matters
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espoused
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to support
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corollary
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the effect of the cause
somethign that follows |
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inordinate
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excessive
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iniquities
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sins
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incarcerated
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jailed
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quelled
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suppress or quietted
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duress
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using things to make someone do something
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conciliate
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gain favor by being friendly
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