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80 Cards in this Set
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abject
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wretched, without resources
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alacrity
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prompt and eager readiness
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alpaca
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kind of llama or fabric made from this hair
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arid
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dry, parched or dull, uninteresting
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ascetic
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exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises
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assegais
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a southern african tree having wood used for making spears or lances
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august
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majestic; imposing
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brusque
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short and abrupt
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cipher
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a secret method of writing
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circuitous
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roundabout; indirect
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clamber
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to climb with some difficulty
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concertina
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a portable musical instrument with hexagonal ends
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confab
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an impromptu or informal conference
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conflagration
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a great and destructive fire
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cravat
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necktie
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declivity
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downward inclination
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diaphanous
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(of fabric) light, delicate and almost transparent
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disinterred
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unearthed; having dug up something buried
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drollery
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something that has humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
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drubbing
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a severe defeat; a beating
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emissary
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the agent of another
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epoch
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a particular period of history
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estuary
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the mouth of a large river where its flow is affected by ebb and flow of tides
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factitious
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artificial; contrived
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farcical
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broadly or extravagantly humorous
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fecund
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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; prolific
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hankering
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strong persistent desire
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harlequin
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a clown; a buffoon
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hovel
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any dirty; disorganized dwelling
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imbecile
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a person of mentally deficient intelligence; the term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive
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inextricable
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incapable of being disentangled
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inscrutable
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not easily understood; mysterious
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insipid
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lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge
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insidious
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awaiting a chance to entrap
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insolence
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the trait of being rude or impertinent
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interloper
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to thrust oneself into the affairs of others
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interminable
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incapable or being terminated; unending
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intrepidity
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resolutely fearless; dauntless
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jocose
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characterized by joking; jesting; humorous
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langour
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lack of energy or vitality
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legionnaire
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a member of any legion; legionary
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litany
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prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternative responses by the congregation
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lugubrious
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exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
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lurid
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gruesome; horrible; revolting
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mica
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any of various minerals
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mizzenmast
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the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch or dandy; jiggermast
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modulated
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adjusted to keep in proper measure or proportion
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moribund
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being in the state of dying; approaching death
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obsequiously
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marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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obtrude
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to thrust (something) forward or upon a person
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perdition
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eternal damnation
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pestiferous
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bringing or bearing disease
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placidity
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pleasantly calm or peaceful
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portico
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porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns
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prevaricator
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liar; one who deviates from the truth
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propitiatory
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intended to reconcile or appease
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rapacity
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giving to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed
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recondite
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beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding
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recrudescence
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new outbreak after a period of inactivity
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rent
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to tear apart, split, or divide
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sagacious
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showing acute mental discernment
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sarcophagus
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a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions
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sententiously
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given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous
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sepulcher
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a tomb, grave or burial place
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serried
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crowded or pressed together; compacted
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servile
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slavishly submissive
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shoal
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sandbank which makes the water shallow
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skulking
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moving about stealthily
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somnabulist
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sleep walker
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spectral
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characteristic of a phantom
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stanchion
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an upright bar, beam or post
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tenebrous
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dark, gloomy, obscure
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trireme
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an ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship
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venerable
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commanding respect because of great age or noble character
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vermouth
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an aromatized white wine
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wantonly
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done maliciously or unjustifiably
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worsted
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compact yarn from long wool fibers
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wraith
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a visible spirit
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yarn
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a tale, especially a long story of adventure
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yawl
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a two-masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel
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