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107 Cards in this Set
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Addle
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to make or become confused; to go rotten (eggs)
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Akimbo
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with hands on hips
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Caterwaul
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to howl, yowl, or cry (like cats)
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Dolorous
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full of sorrow; grieving; mournful
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Windlass
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device for lifting or hauling objects; winch
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Scintillate
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to sparkle; flash; emit sparks
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Lilliputian
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extremely small; diminutive; trivial
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Ennui
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boredom
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Ague
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fever
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Sapiential
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wise
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Grist
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grain
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Meme
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cultural unit passed on through non-genetic means; trait or behavior
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Garrote
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strangling, esp. capital punishment with iron collar
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Raillery
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good-humored ridicule; banter
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Carmine
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crimson; red
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Pestiferous
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disease-carrying; contaminated; pernicious; evil
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Robustious
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rough; rude; boisterous
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Bellwether
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leader
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Inamorata
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female sweetheart or lover
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Purloin
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to steal; take dishonestly
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Covey
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group; set
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Mahout
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keeper or driver of an elephant
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Frippery
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finery in dress; ostentation
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Ungulate
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hoofed
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Veld
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grassland
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Animalcule
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tiny, microscopic organism; infusorian
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Cataract
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descent of water over steep surface; waterfall
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Adamantine
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unyielding; firm; hard to break
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Fandango
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a fast Spanish dance
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Plaguy
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causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome
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Saturnalia
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unrestrained revelry; debauchery; orgy
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Ensconce
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to settle securely; cover or shelter
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Dray
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a strong cart, sled, or truck for hauling
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Tilth
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cultivated land
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Cruet
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a small glass bottle, esp. for holding condiments such as vinegar or oil
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Saturnalia
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unrestrained revelry; debauchery; orgy
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Ensconce
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to settle securely; cover or shelter
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Dray
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a strong cart, sled, or truck for hauling
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Tilth
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cultivated land
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Cruet
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a small glass bottle, esp. for holding condiments such as vinegar or oil
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Manumit
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to release from slavery or servitude; emancipate
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Sambar
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deer
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Doyenne
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senior woman
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Verso
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left-hand page of an open book or manuscript
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Cerumen
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earwax
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Parturition
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childbirth
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Droit
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legal right or claim
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Geld
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to castrate; weaken; subdue
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Gelt
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money
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Dipsomaniac
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alcoholic
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Amative
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inclined to love; amorous
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Bathos
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triteness; sentimentality
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Rubicund
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red; ruddy
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Aliment
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food
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Stanchion
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bar; beam; support
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Trephine
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surgical saw
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Ken
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understanding; knowledge; range of sight or vision
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Specie
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coined money; coins
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Trebuchet
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medieval catapult
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Poikilotherm
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cold-blooded
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Bromide
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trite expression
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Parvenu
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newly wealthy upstart
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Comport
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to conduct oneself; behave
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Antebellum
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before the war
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Assiduous
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constant; diligent; unremitting
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Falciform
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sickle-shaped
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Concinnity
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elegant harmony
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Longanimity
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patience; forbearance
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Tumbrel
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two-wheeled cart
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Granger
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farmer
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Praenomen
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first name
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Peculate
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to steal; take dishonestly; embezzle
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Chelonean
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turtle-like
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Sylvan
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wooded; woody
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Fuliginous
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sooty; smoky; soot-colored
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Nonpareil
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having no equal; peerless; ideal
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Lothario
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womanizer
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Adumbration
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foreshadowing
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Canticle
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hymn
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Argillaceous
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clay-like
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Cognomen
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name or surname
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Anastrophe
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word-order inversion
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Stellate
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star-shaped
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Umbra
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shadow
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Abattoir
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slaughter-house
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Stemma
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lineage
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Rill
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streamlet
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Regnant
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reigning
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Periphrastic
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wordy
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Taupe
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brownish
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Grok
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to understand thoroughly; comprehend
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Canorous
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melodious; musical
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Sesquipedalian
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using long words
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Pannikin
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small pan or cup
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Connatural
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inborn
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Adjuvant
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auxiliary; assisting; supplementary
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Stertorous
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snoring
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Roborant
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strengthening; fortifying
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Vermicular
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worm-like
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Forfend
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to defend; protect; fend off; prevent
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Hircine
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goat-like
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Autarky
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self-sufficiency
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Amerce
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to punish with a fine or penalty
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Cervine
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deer-like
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Sempiternal
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endless; eternal
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Alary
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wing-shaped
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Polydipsia
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excessive thirst
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