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47 Cards in this Set
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Proffer
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(verb) offer
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motif
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(noun) repeating theme or idea
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Specious
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(adj.) False;misleading
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Effulgence
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(noun) brilliance (as in shining, not smart)
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Enmity
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(noun) hatred
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Irrelevance
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(noun) not on topic; inappropriate
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Suffusion
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(noun) spreading through something
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Surmount
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(verb) climbing up or over; overcome
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Skewed
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(adj) not straight; crooked
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Pliant
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(adj.) able to be bent with ease
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Conspiratorial
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(adj) describing the act of secretly planning an evil deed.
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Ebullience
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(noun) bubbling over with enthusiasm
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Incompetent
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(adj.) not having sufficient ability
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Officious
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(adj.) objectionably agressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome
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Virtuous
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(adj.) good
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recrimination
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(noun) accusation
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Festoon
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(verb) to decorate
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Capering
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(verb) leaping or jumping about in a merry way
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Tirade
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(noun) long, angry speech
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tendril
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(noun) thread-like
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abyss
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(noun) a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm
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avidly
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(adverb) eagerly
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pallor
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(noun) paleness
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trodden
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(adj.) heavily traveled
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contrite
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(adj.) deeply sorry for wrongdoing
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gesticulated
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(verb) made an expressive gesture
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incredulous
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(adj.) not willing to believe something
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indignant
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(adj.) filled with anger
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rapt
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(adj.) deeply engrossed or absorbed
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opalescence
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(adj.) exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal
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blatant
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(adj.) very obvious
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generic
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(adj.) of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general
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incursion
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(noun) sudden attack
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detritus
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(noun) fragments of rock torn away by erosion
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vagrant
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(noun) wanderer
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fibrous
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(adj.) made up of fibers
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sinewy
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(adj.) tough, stringy
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gyration
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(noun) circular or spiral motion
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assent
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(noun) agreement
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sniggers
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(noun) short laughs
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perilous
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(adj.) dangerous
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decorum
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(noun) approved standards of good taste
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inarticulate
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(adj.) not able to express oneself
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tussle
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(noun) fight
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discursive
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(adj.) wandering from one subject to another
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appalled
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(adj.) terrified
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incantation
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(noun) words spoken or chanted in casting a spell or producing magic
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