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50 Cards in this Set
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quixotic
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foolishly idealistic; extravagantly chivalrous
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olfactory
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relating to the sence of smell
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overwrought
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extremely nervous or excited
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gruesome
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causing horror; frightful and shocking
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inure
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to make used to something unpleasent
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gamut
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an entire range or series
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demise
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destruction;death
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jocose
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given to joaking; merry
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confide
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to tell something in secret
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malady
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a disease; illness
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obtrude
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to push forward; to impose
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deluge
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a great flood
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perjury
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lying under oath
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congenial
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suited to one's needs or nature; friendly
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partisan
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a strong, often militant, supporter
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reprehensible
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deserving to be severly criticized
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perspicacious
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having keen perception or understanding
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giddy
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dizzy; lightheaded
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wry
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dryly humorous, with a touch of irony
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deprecate
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to express disaproval of
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subdue
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to conquer; to make less intense
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traverse
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to travel over or through
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foster
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to bring up or nurture
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fulcrum
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the points on which a lever pivots
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sullen
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showing silent anger and unwillingness to be pleasent to people
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debris
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bits and peices of rubbish
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petulant
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impatient or irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance
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meticulous
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extremely or excessively careful about details; finicky
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congenital
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present sice birth; being an essential charachteristic
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docile
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easy to teach; submissive
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apease
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to satisfy
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nomad
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one who has no permanent home
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ruse
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an action or device intended to deceive
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impede
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to obstruct
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incoherent
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not sticking together; not logically connected
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definitive
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complete
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beset
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to attack from all sides
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specious
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seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false
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frail
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easily broken; delicate
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hapless
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unfortunate; unlucky
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contiguous
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sharing a common boundary; adjoining
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idyllic
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pleasing and simple
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raucous
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loud and harsh
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maul
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to injure; mangle
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genre
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a kind, or typre
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encumber
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to burden or weigh down
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fervid
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extremely emotional; passionate
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dearth
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scarcity or lack
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fitful
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occurring in irregular outbursts; occuring in spurts
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auspicious
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marked by favorable circumstances
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