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32 Cards in this Set
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bohemian
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unconventional
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ignoble
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not noble
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career
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rush wildly; go at full speed
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titter
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nervous giggle; nervous laugh
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imperturbable
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unshakably calm
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husbandry
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frugality; thrift;economy; agriculture; farming
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comport
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bear one's self; behave
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solvent
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able to pay all debts
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foreboding
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premonition of evil
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truism
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self-evident truth
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shrew
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scolding woman; a small mouse-like animal
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vintner
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someone that sells wine
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philology
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the study of words
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physiognomy
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face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features
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earmark
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set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose
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behoove (behove)
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be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary
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myopic
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nearsighted; lacking foresight
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tortuous
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winding; full of curves
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cross
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bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry
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fret
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be annoyed or vexed
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gaffe
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social blunder
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divest
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deprive (rights); dispossess;
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sinecure
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well-paid position with little responsibility
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discomfit
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frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb
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apotheosis
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elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
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pinnace
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small boat
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maudlin
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drunk enough to be emotionally silly; weakly and effusively sentimental
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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buffet
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strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out
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seemly
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appropriate; of proper behavior
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decreptitude
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state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age
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protuberance
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protrusion; swelling; bulge
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