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50 Cards in this Set
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oblique
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indirect or evasive; devious
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calico
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a coarse, brightl colored printed cloth
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roan
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a chestnut horse sprinkled with white and gray
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rill
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a small brook
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merino
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a sheep with long, fine wool
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sedentary
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taking little exercise
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sorrel
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a light brown horse
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flux
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constant or frequent change
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querulous
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given to complainign
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volubility
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a readyflow of speech; fluency
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pathologist
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relating to habitual of compulive behavior
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reminiscent
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recalling something past
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spume
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foam on a liquid
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undulation
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movement in waves
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scrupulous
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conscientious and exact
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tenuous
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having little substance
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declivity
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a downward slope
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cupola
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a small structure surmounting a roof
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efrontery
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brazen boldness
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sardonic
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scornfully mocking
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epitaph
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a tombstone inscription
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demure
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to voice opposition
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poignancy
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a profoundly moving experience
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indolent
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habitualy lazy
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fatuity
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utter foolishness
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guant
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thin and bony
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constraint
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a limit, regulation ro check
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wainscott
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lower part of a wall with different finish from the upper
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spectral
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ghostlike
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tendril
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something as a ringlet of hair, long, slender, and curling
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aver
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to declare positively
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perfunctory
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showing little intrest or care
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stoicism
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indifference to pleasure or pain
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felicitous
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admirablly suited; apt
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incredulity
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disbelief
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recrimination
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a countercharge
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inexorable
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incapable of being persuaded by pleas; relentless
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compunction
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guilt or doubt caused by wrongdoing
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affability
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graciousness
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injunction
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a command, directive, or order
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lumbago
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painful condition of the lower back
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adjure
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to command solemly
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discursive
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rambling
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feint
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a deception to draw attention from one's real purpose
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audacity
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a fearless daring
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avowal
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frank admission
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lineament
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a distinctive shape of feature of the face
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slatternly
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slovenly untidy
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swarthy
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having a dark complection
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conjecture
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a judgement based on guesswork
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