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60 Cards in this Set
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ambulatory
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having the ability to walk and move about
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ameliorate
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to make better; to improve
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badger
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to harass; to bother; annoy
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blasphemous
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profance comment usually anti-religious
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blatant
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obvious; noisy, noticeable; severe, egregarious
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capitulate
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to agree to compromise, to give in to a point of view
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castigate
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to correct, chastise; punish, to remove from a situation
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compuntion
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an uneasiness, concern, remorse, regret, concern of conscience
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convivial
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festive, jovial, enjoyable
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covetous
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to desire that possesed by another
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culpable
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blameworthy; being part of a miss-deed
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demur
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to disagree; to raise objection
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discordant
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disagreeable sound, not fitting in, inharmonious, incongruous
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effulgent
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bright and shinning
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enrapture
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a state of delight; heavenly
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equinox
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an intersection
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facetious
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humorous, jockular, a joke
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fastidious
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very precise, well-organized, concerned w/ detail
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faux pas
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a social blunder or error
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foible
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a minor flaw; an imperfection
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gamut
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a range of material; running from A to Z
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grandiloquent
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speaking in a bombastic/showy style.
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heinous
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horrible; extremely wicked; flagrant; egregiously bad
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tautological
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unnecessary repetition
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satyr
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impish half goat; half man
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curative
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remedial
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congenial
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friendly
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chivalric
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well-mannered male
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chimerical
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unreal evil; monstrous
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chicory
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spice used in foods
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chicanery
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trickery
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cavalier
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carelessly indifferent
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acumen
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knowledge; shrewdness; insightful
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abeyance
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suspension; stopping for a time
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chicanery
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trickery
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aberrant
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exceptional; abnormal
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cavalier
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carelessly indifferent
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acumen
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knowledge; shrewdness; insightful
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enervate
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weaken through illness
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abeyance
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suspension; stopping for a time
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aberrant
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exceptional; abnormal
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entnocentric
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narrowly focused on one's culture
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enervate
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weaken through illness
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entnocentric
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narrowly focused on one's culture
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gables
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pointed roofs
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gables
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pointed roofs
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impish
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devilish; mischievious
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impish
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devilish; mischievious
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ingenue
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a young, innocent adolescent girl
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ingenue
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a young, innocent adolescent girl
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inimical
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hostile; harmful
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inimical
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hostile; harmful
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iniquitous
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wicked; bad; hellish
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iniquitous
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wicked; bad; hellish
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monocle
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one-eyed glass
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monocle
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one-eyed glass
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nihilism
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a belief in nothingness; cynicism
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nihilism
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a belief in nothingness; cynicism
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tenable
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defendable
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tenable
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defendable
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