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145 Cards in this Set
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morose
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solemn
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obdurate
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stubborn
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oscillate
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to swing back and forth
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patronize
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to talk down to
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pensive
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thoughtful
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perfidious
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treacherous
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quell
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to calm
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refute
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to argue against
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salubrious
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bringing health
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tenuous
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thin
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prolific
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producing in great abundance
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prosaic
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lacking in imagination
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quagmire
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a difficult situation
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query
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a question
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rash
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impulsive
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sagacity
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wisdom
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solace
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comfort
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sprightly
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full of spirit
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tangential
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rambling off topic
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torpid
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slow
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pernicious
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wicked
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precipitate
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to cause to happen
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precocious
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early development
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raucous
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harsh sounding
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quinessence
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the purest form of something
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reprehensible
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able to be blamed
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salient
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protruding
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tempestuous
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stormy
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subterfuge
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deception
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relish
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to appreciate
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ramification
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an effect of something
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recalcitrant
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stubborn defiance
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surreptitious
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sneaky
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synthesis
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combining of parts
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tepid
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lukewarm
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terse
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straight to the point
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trepidation
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fear
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ubiquitous
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being everywhere at the same time
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vanquish
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to conquer
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veracious
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honest
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notoriety
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being infamous
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obtuse
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intellectually slow
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opaque
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cloudy
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pallid
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pale
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pauper
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a poor person
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pending
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about to happen
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preposterous
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ridiculous
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presumptuous
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excessively forward
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quibble
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to argue over petty matters
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respite
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a rest
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antipathy
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mutual hatred
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apotheosis
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to make into a god
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beguile
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to decieve
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bourgeois
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middle class
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cavort
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to prance
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despot
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an absolute ruler
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egocentric
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self centered
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gall
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something bitter to endure
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imbue
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to inspire
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insatiable
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unable to be filled
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gaunt
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thin
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inception
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the beginning
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impugn
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to attack as false
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introspective
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looking into ones self
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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mores
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social customs
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negligible
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not important enough to discuss
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palatial
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palace like
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prattle
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meaningless chatter
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supercilious
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arrogant
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accolade
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praise
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adversarial
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opposing
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blithe
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carefree
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coalesce
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to grow together
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deter
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to discourage
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enigmatic
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mysterious
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esoteric
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meant or understood by few
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furtive
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sneaky
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implicit
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implied
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irascible
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prone to outbursts of temper
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laconic
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few words
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loquacious
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many words
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mercurial
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changeable
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opaque
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cloudy
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palpable
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able to be felt
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pejorative
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tending to become worse
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pristine
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pure
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scoff
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to laugh in a mocking way
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vicarious
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living through another
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neophyte
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novice
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awry
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gone wrong
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assail
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to attack
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boon
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a timely blessing
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deft
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skilled
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ethos
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morals or values of a specific culture
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epiphany
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a sudden realization
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incognito
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in disguise
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intrepid
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fearless
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puerile
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childish
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solicitious
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eager
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a, an
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not, without
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amphi, amph
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around, about
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ant, anti
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against
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ec, ex
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out of
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hypo
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under
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hyper
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above
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peri
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around, near
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syn, sym
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together
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anthrop
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man
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phil
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love
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miso
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hate
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graph, gram
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write, record
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scop, skept
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see, view
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eu
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good
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caco
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bad
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mega, megalo
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big
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micro
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small
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tele, telo
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far away
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arch, archi
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govern
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dem
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people
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gon
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angle
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gyn
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woman
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log
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talk
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archae
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ancient
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hetero
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different
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homo
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same
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poly
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many
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theo
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God
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helio
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sun
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chron
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time
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meter
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measure
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cycle
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circle
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path
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disease
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pan
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all
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toxst
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poision
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tom
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cut
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derm
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skin
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pachy
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thick, dense
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bio
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life
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psych
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mind
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petr, peter
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stone
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lith
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stone, rock
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astr
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star
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hier
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holy
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neo
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new
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