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35 Cards in this Set
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adonis
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a very handsome young man
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aegis
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protection/support
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amazon
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aggressive woman
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ambrosial
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pleasing to taste/smell
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atlas
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`collection of maps
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auroral
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rosy/pink in hue; like the dawn
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bacchanalian
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ridiculous drunken merrymaking
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chimerical
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unreal; imaginary; visionary
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draconian
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rigorous; unusually severe or cruel
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elysian
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blissful; delightful; HEAVENLY
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hector
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to treat with insolence/ to bully/ torment
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hermatic
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air tight
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iridescent
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displays of color like those of the rainbow
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labrynthine
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complicated; tortorous
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laconic
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using few words; concise; TERSE
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lethargic
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sluggish; dull
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lucullan
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lavish, rich, luxorious
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martial
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war-like, PUGNACIOUS
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mentor
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trusted teacher
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mercurial
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quick, full of life, VIVACIOUS, changable
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myrmidon
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loyal follower, unquestioning
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paean
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song of joy/ triumph
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palladium
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safety/protection
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philippic
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bitter verbal attack; denunciation
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plutocratic
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wealth-influenced
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procrustean
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demanding compliance/conformity
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protean
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changable in shape/form (water)
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pyrrhic
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something gained, but at a great loss
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saturnine
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gloomy, MOROSE
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siren
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dangerously attractive woman
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solon
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wise law-giver
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stentorian
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very loud or powerful in sound
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stygian
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dark/gloomy/hellish
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tantalize
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to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; teasing by arousing expectations that are rpeatedlt disappointed
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terpsichorean
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pertaining to dancing
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