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23 Cards in this Set
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tycoon
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(n.) a wealthy and powerful person
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exhilarated
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(adj.) lively
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confidant
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(n.) close friend, secret sharer
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surreal
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(adj.) strange
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repository
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(n.) place for safekeeping
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awe
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(n.) feeling of fear and wonder
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typhoon
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(n.) violent storm
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articulate
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(adj.) expressing oneself clearly and easily
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eerie
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mysterious
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ominous
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(adj.) threatening
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muted
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(adj.) weaker; less intense
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eddies
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(n.) circular currents
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subtle
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(adj.) not obvious
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diffused
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(v.) spread out
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extrapolating
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(v.) arriving at a conclusion by making inferences based on known facts
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perennial
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(adj.) lasting through the year
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purged
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(v.) cleaned
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pyre
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(n.) pile of wood on which a body is burned at a funeral
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schism
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(n.) division
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blight
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(n.) something that destroys or prevents growth
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moribund
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(adj.) dying
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postulated
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(v.) claimed
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beleaguered
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(adj.) worried; tormented
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