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50 Cards in this Set
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assuage
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to lessen or calm
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piety
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devotion to religious duties and practices
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predilection
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a preference or preferred way of doing something
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taciturn
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almost always silent
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covey
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a group
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entailment
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a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property
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indigenous
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belonging to a particular region or country
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smilax
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a bright green twining vine, often used for holiday decorations
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contemptuous
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having the feeling that someone or something is beneath you, that it or they are worthless
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contentious
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always ready to argue
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diminutive
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smaller than ordinary
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disapprobation
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disapproval
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discernible
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understandable
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dispensation
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a release from obligation or promise
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fractious
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mean or cross
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haint
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a ghost or spirit; someone or something very scary
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auspicious
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favorable
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scuppernongs
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a sweet table grape, grown chiefly in the Southern United States
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asinine
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stupid; silly
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edification
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education; instruction
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quibbling
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a type of arguing where you avoid the main point by bringing up petty details
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unsillied
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untouched or unused
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collards
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a type of cabbage with very coarse leaves
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kudzu
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a quick growing vine with large leaves, often found in the Southern United States
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waning
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becoming less bright, intense, or strong
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cleaved
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stuck
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whittle
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to use a knife to cut away thin shavings of wood
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aberration
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a deviation, or moving away from, something that is normal
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plaited
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braided
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quell
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to overwhelm something until it is powerless
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ambrosia
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a dessert made up of a mixture of fruits, nuts, and coconut
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changelings
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a child secretly put in place of another
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croon
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to sing in a low, gentle tone
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donned
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put on
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gallantly
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politely; in the manner of a gentleman
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gulie
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crafiness and cunning in dealing with others
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hookah
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an oriental tobacco pipe with a flexible tube that draws smoke through a bowl of water
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ingenuous
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simple; innocent
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innate
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a natural part of something
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obstreperous
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noisy and unruly
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still
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an apparatus for making alcoholic liquors
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tarried
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delayed; waited
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trousseau
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all the new clothes a bride brings to her marriage
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lineaments
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distinctive features of characteristics
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alist
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titled to one side
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corncribs
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small structures used to store corn
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gingerly
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carefully; cautiously
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rudiments
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principles; elements; subjects to be learned
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tartly
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sharply
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apoplectic
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behaving as if one is on the verge of having a stroke
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