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35 Cards in this Set
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Importuning
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troubling with requests or demands
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Prevaricate
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to tell an untruth
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Conflagration
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a destructive fire
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Scapular
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A religious medal
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Levity
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Lightness of disposition or conduct; flippancy
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Nascent
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Coming into being
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Gudgeon
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a small, European, freshwater fish
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Undulating
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having a wavy form, margin, or surface
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Epigram
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A brief, witty poem or saying
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Damask
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deep pink or rose
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Apparitions
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things that appear in extraordinary ways
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Furtively
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Slyly, secretly
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Admonitory
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warning
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Propeny
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A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring
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Ululating
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Usually howling or wailing as at a funeral
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Abjured
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give up; renounce
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Capricious
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liable to sudden changes; impulsive
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mollified
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Soothed; pacified
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Diaphanous
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So fine or gauzy as to be transparent or translucent
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Belvedere
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An open, roofed gallery in an upper story, built for giving a view of scenery
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Utilitarian
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Stressing usefulness
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Sordid
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dirty; filthy
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Pensive
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in deep thought
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Reciprocity
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Mutual action, dependence
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Abstemious
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moderate; sparing
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Transient
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not permanent
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Demotic
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of or pertaining to the ordinary
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Demurely
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- modestly; reservedly
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Sumptuous
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magnificent or splendid
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Oleander
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An ornamental flowering shrub that grows up to fifteen feet in height
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Perdition
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loss
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Pedants
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people who lay unnecessary stress on minor or trivial points of learning
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Ardent
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warm or intense in feeling
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Pseudonym
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a fake name
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Ostentatious
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- Showy display
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