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27 Cards in this Set
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Unpleasantly sharp, pungeant, or bitter to the taste of smell
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Acrid
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Combining initial letters or parts of a series of words
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Acronym
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Fear of heights
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Acrophobia
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Fear of open places
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Agoraphobia
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Having no clear shape
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Amorphous
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Out of its proper time-not making sense in a certain era
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Anachronism
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Having characteristics of both sexes
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Androgynous
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Something that is different from the norm
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Anomaly
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Lack of interest or concern; indifference
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Apathy
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Inspiring awe or admiration
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August
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Independence, self-rule
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Autonomy
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A fortification, a stronghold
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Bastion
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A book collector or expert
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Bibliophile
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A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers; A secret scheme or plot.
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Cabal
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Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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Cacophony
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Beautiful writing
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Calligraphy
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Having shapely buttocks
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Callipygian
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1. Capable of burning or dissolving by chemical means 2. Bitingly sarcastic
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Caustic
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Clock or watch
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Chronometer
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TO drive together
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Compel
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A manner or personal behavior
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Comportment
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Extremely
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Contrite
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Acting very flirty
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Coquettish
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State of being very fat
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Corpulence
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Worldly, sophisticated
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Cosmopolitan
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Secret, concealed
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Covert
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Believing on slight evidence; gullible
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Credulous
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