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74 Cards in this Set
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cupola
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small structure on a roof
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convalescence
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to recover after sickness
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contentious
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tends to cause quarrels
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salient
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prominent
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mire
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swampy muddy shit
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demotion
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to lower ones rank
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pigmy
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dwarf, midget, small person
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apprehension
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antisipation
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prodigious
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great in size
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inveigle
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to win over, lure, seduce
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consternation
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to bewilder
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droll
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to amuse in a weird way, jest
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seigneur
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a man of rank (french)
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indignation
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strong displeasure
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formidable
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causing fear or dread
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deign
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dignity
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calisthenics
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gymnastic exercise
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insidious
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stealthy, enemy
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inebriated
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to make intoxicated/drunk
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blitzkrieg
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blitz lightening + krieg war
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solace
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confort in sorrow, relief in pain
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pagan
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religious person who is neither jew,christian.. etc
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exhort
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urge, advise, warn, etc
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vindicate
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justify
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idiosyncrasy
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induvidual hypersensitivness
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mote
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spec of dust
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transfigure
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to change outward appearance
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sinecure
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honest
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bantam
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small chicken, or a quarrelsome person
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automaton
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robotic figures
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catapult
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the machine
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skirmish
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to scout around, minor dispute
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stupefaction
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act of being stupefied, confused
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hub
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central part of a wheel axile.
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impinge
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to impact, make an impression
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fratricide
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to kill his/her brother
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funereal
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funeral - like
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contretemps
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minor embarassment
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burlesque
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artistic composition with a mock
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puttee
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strip of cloth around a soldier
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naturalist
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person who studies nature
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clodhoppers
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heavy big shoes
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provocative
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provoking
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ambiguous
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having multiple answers
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senatorial
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relating to a senetor
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extravaganza
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a big party
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bric a brac
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small articles
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aphorism
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short meaningful saying
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paraffin
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a "nothing" substance.
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poignance
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painfully affecting feelings
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sententious
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self-rightiousness
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gibe
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to jeer, taunt, utter mocking words
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vagary
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vague, unpredictable
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scurvy
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sickness sailors get
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reverberate
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to reflect, or re-echo
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multifarious
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having multiple parts, elements, etc
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cacophony
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harsh or discordant sound
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accolade
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any award, honor, etc
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cache
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to press together, a hiding place, etc
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aesthete
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one having sensitivity to the beauty in art
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furlough
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to lay off from work
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querulous
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fretful, whining
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psychotic
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somone with mental disorder
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primeval
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relating to the earliest ages
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preposterous
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contrary to nature, reason or common sense
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ally
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to unite from a connection
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eunuch
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a man or boy deprived of genitals
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balustrade
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a row of... topped by a rail ??
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opaque
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hard to understand
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impervious
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not allowing entry or passage
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animosity
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resentment tending toward hostility
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saltpeter
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salt of a rock
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bellicose
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inclined to start quarrels
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foxhole
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a pit dug for saftey away from enemy fire
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