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53 Cards in this Set
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Auspicious
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favorable;fortunate
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Baleful
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miserable
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Colleague
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fellow worker
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Dank
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damp
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Fervent
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earnest;sincere
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Illiterate
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uneducated
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Perpetually
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continuously
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Ponderous
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large
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Irretrievable
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impossible to get back or fix
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Taciturn
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reserved, quiet
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Aimless
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without purpose
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Baffled
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puzzled, confused
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Deftly
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skillfully
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Derelict
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forsaken; deserted
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Implicit
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meant, but not directly said
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Phenomenal
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remarkable
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Succession
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series, following an order
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Infinitesimal
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extremely smalll
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Inventory
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complete and detailed list
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Ignominy
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disgrace
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Relics
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antiques
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Awestruck
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stunned with amazement
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Premonition
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a forewarning
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Tantalizing
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taunt; tease
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Aplomb
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self confidence
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Premature
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coming before the proper time
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Groped
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feeling blindly
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Edict
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an order
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Venture
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a ricky undertaking
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Subtle
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hardly noticeable
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Amiability
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Friendly
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Imperturbable
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not disturbable
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Gaunt
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thin
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Conceivable
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imaginable
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Confined
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enclosed; kept in
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Sacrosanct
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holy
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Pretense
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lie
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Propriety
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proper (behavior or manners)
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Pompous
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proud
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Ravenous
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extremely hungry
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Aristocratic
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noble
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Notorious
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famous
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Surveillance
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survey
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Deluge
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flood
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Grotesque
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hideous
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Acrid
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pungent
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Sequestered
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hidden away
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Vista
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view
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Quarantine
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isolation
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Contemptuous
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scornful
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Protagonist
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the main character who tradionally undergoes some sort of change. He or she usually overcomes some opposing force.
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Antagonist
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the force that provides an obstacle for the protagonist. The antagonist does not always have to be a single character or even a character at all.
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Climax
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the major turning point that allows the progagonist to resolve the conflict
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