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55 Cards in this Set
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Disparage
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speak badly of
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Excruciating
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unbearably painful
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Bewildered
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confused
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Cassava
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root veggie, aka manioc, use in foo-foo
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Sisal
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fiber for rope
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Humane
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marked by compassion
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Spendthrift
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foolishly generous person
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Frivolous
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trivial, silly
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Impulsive
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hasty
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Evasions
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avoidances
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Harmattan
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dry, dusty win from Sahara
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Luxuriant
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lush, teeming, abundantly
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Grandees
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people of high rank
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Compulsory
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mandatory
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Spendthrift
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foolishly generous person
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Subordinate
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inferior
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Proclaiming
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declaring
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Improvident
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lacking foresight or thrift
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Prowess
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bravery or skill
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Pottage
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soup/stew with or without meat
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Indiscriminately
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randomly
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Spendthrift
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foolishly generous person
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Squander
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spend wastefully
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Retribution
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retaliation
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Grafter
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unscrupulous person
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Impending
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imminent
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Imperious
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overbearing or arrogant
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Brusqueness
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curt, rough, abrupt
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Harbingers
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announce what will follow
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Emaciated
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thin and feeble
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Indiscreet
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not wise
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Disreputable
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dishonorable
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Alligator pepper
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spice, aka wild ginger
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Renounce
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give up, refuse, resign, (in formal declaration)
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Contraband
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illegal goods
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Naturalistic
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primitive
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Foo-foo
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dough of mashed yams or cassava
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Capricious
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whimsical or flighty
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Caprice
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a sudden change of mind because of a whim
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Intolerable
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unendurable
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Calculating
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cunning
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Palm wine
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sweet wine from sap of raffia palm tree
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Arable
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fit for growing crops
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Tactless
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undiplomatic
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Hypocrite
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poser
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Kola nut
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outside like green grapefruit, inside silver or pink- caffeine
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Abomination
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something hateful or disgusting
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Communion
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sharing thoughts and feelings
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Prostrate
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stretched out w/ face on ground (b/c adoration/submission)
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Prodigal
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extravagant person
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Trespass
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illegally enter property
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Proprieties
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decencies
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Coco-yam
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large leafed plant w/ tubers, taro in Asia
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Kite
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a type of bird
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Calabash
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dried hollow shells of gourds
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