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30 Cards in this Set
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Seismic
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The effects of an earthquake or volcano
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Recondite
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Shakespeare's language
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Careen
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The way a very active toddler moves around a room
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Pulverize
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What the coffee grinder does to coffee beans
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Renegade
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The kind of servant Caliban is
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Soliloquies
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Prospero's speeches when alone
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Blasphemy
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The words of a non-beilever
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Denouement
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The finale of a work of fiction or play
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Triumverate
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The three musketeers
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Blase
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The attitude of a snobby socialite
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Bravado
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The attitude of a knight facing a dragon
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Lilliputian
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The scale of figures in a toy farm
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Proclivity
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A mother's instinct to love her child
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Relegate
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To banish someone to no man's land
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Hackneyed
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That's hot, Have a nice day.
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Cavalier
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The boss's attitude in The Devil Wears Prada
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Opprobrium
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Negative campaign ads
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Expunges
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What a teacher does to the writing on the blackboard at the end of the day
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Proviso
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Permission to park in the back row of the parking lot
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Attrition
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The effect of inflation on your salary
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Postulate
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The conclusion of a lab report
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Prevailed
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How the Red Sox ended the 2004 season
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Salubrious
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The effect vitamins have on the body
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Unequivocal
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The tone of a rejection letter from college
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Vicissitudes
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The ups and downs of the weather in spring
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Craven
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The attitude of the cowardly lion
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Impugn
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How the police treat the a shoplifting suspect
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Introspective
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A psychologist's demeanor during a therapy session
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Metier
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Pro basketball for a six-foot-tall star college athelete
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Privation
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Lack of food and water on a desert island.
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