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31 Cards in this Set
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lassitude
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lack of vitality or energy
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just sit there
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levee
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an embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow
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imagine a levitated boundary
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levity
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frivolity
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lifted up to the point of rediculous
rediculous people sitting on top of the evee laughing |
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libel
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defamation
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labeled
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licentious
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wanton
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lien
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a legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge
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the lion holds this
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listless
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inattentive
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lithe
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supple
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with life, whip the supple together
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malaise
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a condition of uneasiness or ill-being
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malays during the political turmoil
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malcontent
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one who is dissatisfied with state of affairs
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maudin
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foolishly and tearfully affectionate
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sounds like a din
when fake mourners cry on the streets |
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mawkish
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sickening or insipid
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only happens when they are sick: process by which a hawk becomes a cat
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mellifluous
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sweetly or smoothly flowing
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melody plus flowing
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mendicant
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a beggar
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mend the cant of a beggar's speech
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meretricious
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alluring by false or caudy show
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no merit in the tricky show
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mettlesome
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having courage or spirit
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mien
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the external appearance or manner of a person
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chinese for face
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miscreant
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a villian
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miscreated
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modicum
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a small or token amount
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molt
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to cast off, as hair, feathers
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monomiania
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the unreasonable pursuit of one idea
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morbid
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caused by Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
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mordant
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biting
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how to make a dent that is morbid-like
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moribund
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on the point of dying
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bound to being morbid
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multifarious
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having great diversity or variety
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multi - fair
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munificent
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extraordinarily generous
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muni - ficent
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nadir
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the lowest point
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in the well
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nefarious
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wicked in the extreme
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ne by far
ne - farious |
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noisome
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very offensive smell
a person doing nostrum under the bridgeis noisome |
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nostrum
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any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character
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strum the nose
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nugatory
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having no power or force
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