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20 Cards in this Set
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A plethora of
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Noun - Overabundance;Excess
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Apt
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Adjective - Inclined;disposed;prone
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Aspersion
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Noun - An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander
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Clamorous
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Adjective - Making or marked by loud outcry
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Disconcerted
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Adjective - Upset;thrown into confusion
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Disconsolate
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Adjective - Hopelessly unhappy;inconsolable
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Languish
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Verb - To become weak or feeble
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Melancholy
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Noun - A gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression
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Melodramatic
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Adjective - Exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized;overdramatic
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Portend
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Verb - To indicate in advance; to foreshadow
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Quaffing
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Verb - To drink a beverage heartily
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Rapier wit
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Rapier - A sword (used as an adjective here to describe her wit)
Wit: Noun - Intelligence |
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Revels
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Noun - An occasion of noisy merrymaking festivity
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Sagacious
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Adjective - Having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense.
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Slovenly
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Adjective - Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
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Sot
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Noun - Drunkard
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Stead
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Noun - The place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute
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Stripling
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Noun - A youth
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Swain
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Noun - A male admirer or lover
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Vociferously
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Adverb - Noisily
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