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20 Cards in this Set
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Achilles' Heel
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Weak Point- story of Achilles and his one mortal part, his heel
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Desultory
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Aimless- Roman acrobats that hopped from horse to horse
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Fathom
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To Comprehend- Mark Twain,... measurement device....
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Impecunious
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Little Money, Poor - cattle: -im means without -pecu means cattle
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Mnemonic
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Memory Assistor- Mother of 9 Muses, Mnemosyne. She was goddess of memory
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Pariah
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Social Outcast- When India was split up by economical standards, they called the lowest level the pariahs
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Pecuniary
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Relating to Money- NONE
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Serendipity
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Ability to Make Lucky Discoveries By Chance or By Accident
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Stentorian
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Loud- Stentor tried to go against Hermes in a voice competetion but died from talking too loud
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Tawdry
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Showy and Cheap- Etheldreda wore showy jewelry, and thenthe pronounciation of her name got messed up till it sounded like "tawdry
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de-
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away from
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-salire
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jump
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parai
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drum (indian langauge)
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im-
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without
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pecu-
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cattle
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arch
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ruler
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mon-
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single
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an-
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none
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hier-
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organized in groups
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matri-
patri- |
womanly
fatherly |
