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18 Cards in this Set
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catacombs
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an underground cemetry one with, tunnels, rooms, and recesses
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niche
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a recess in a wall or the like
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clamorer
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a loud uproar as from a crowd of people
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vintages
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a wine form a particular harvest or crop
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unperceived
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not thought of
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irony of situation
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events occur opposite of what is expected
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scantlings
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timbers
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ignoramous
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an extremely ignorant person
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rheum
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a thin discharge of the mucous membranes during a cold
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verbal irony
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the difference between what someone says and what they mean
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tier
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a layer
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virtuoso
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a person who is in the top in their field the master of something
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niter
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a salt or ester of nitride acid
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dramatic irony
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a situation in which the audience knows more of a character's situation than he does
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ejaculated
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an abrubt excamatory utterance
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flambeaux
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a flaming torch
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rolequelaire
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a knee length cloak worn by the men in the 18th century
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connoisseurship
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a person who knows, studies and judges by taste different wines
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