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29 Cards in this Set
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consumption
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tuberculosis; wasting away of the body
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loquacious
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talkative, chattering, apt to gossip or talk too much
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ignoramus
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extremely ignorant person (people)
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perfidious
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deliberately faithless, deceitful, treacherous
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henchman
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a trusted attendant, supporter or follower
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notorious
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widely known, as for a particular trait, publicly known
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potent
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powerful, mighty, having great influence
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cacophony
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harsh discordance of sound, mixture of sounds
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glen
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small, narrow, secluded valley
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adroit
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expert in the use of the hands of body, skillful
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rickets
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a disease resulting from too little vitamin D, weakens the bones
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afflicted
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affected by, stricken, impaired
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rue
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to feel sorrow over, regret bitterly, to wish that (something) had never been done
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cavort
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to prance or caper about
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lament
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to feel or express sorrow or regret for (something)
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shiftless
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lazy, lacking in resourcefulness
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sauntering
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walking leisurely
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dole
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a portion of money or food, given at regular intervals, from the government
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tinker
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a mender of pots, pans, etc.
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pious
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commendable, worthy
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clamoring
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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people
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blasphemy
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impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things
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foist
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to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably
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syntax
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the way in which words are ordered
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to lavish
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to bestow/to give abundantly
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to bolster
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to support
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monoglotted
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monolingual
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to constrain
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to hold back
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subset
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a set contained within a set
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