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13 Cards in this Set
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Misnomer
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a use of a wrong name
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Vulnerable
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capable of being physically wounded
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Hapless
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having no luck
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Pallid
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lacking sparkle or liveliness
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Festooned
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a carved, molded, or painted ornament representing a decorative chain
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Bromides
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a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion
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Remnants
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a small surviving group
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Inscription
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something that is inscribed
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Precedence
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the fact of preceding in time
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facade
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the front of a building
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Blindsided
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to surprise unpleasantly
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Poultice
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soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
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Eroded
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to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away
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