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80 Cards in this Set
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abhor
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detest
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acicular
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needle-shaped
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adulation
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worship
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algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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apparation
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ghost
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argus
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guardian
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begrid
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encompass
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betrothal
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an engagement
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circumlocution
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roundabout language
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confabulate
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chat
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colligation
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binding together
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coterie
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clique
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credulous
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gullible
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culmination
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climax
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dalliance
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fliratation
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deign
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to lower one's self
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dichotomy
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duality
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descry
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discover
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doldrums
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stagnation
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farinaceous
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mealy
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forte
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strength
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frangible
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brittle
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fulminate
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explode
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gallus
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suspender
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gemma
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bud
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glean
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gather
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haptic
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tactic
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heliocentric
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sun-centered
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hominid
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man-like
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humus
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soil
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hyssop
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aromatic herb
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indolent
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lazy
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infelictious
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unfortunate
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intenerate
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soften
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interloper
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intruder
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irresolute
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indecisive
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janissry
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loyal supporter
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libers
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public records
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lickerish
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greedy
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lilliputian
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small,miniscule
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lorgnon
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opera glasse
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majolica
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earthenware
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mithridate
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posion antidote
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mordacious
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biting
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nefarious
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wicked
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nephritic
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kidney-relateed
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nevus
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birthmark
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numismatics
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coin collecting
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noyade
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execution by drowning
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orangery
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greenhouse
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osteal
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bony
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ostentation
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showiness
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ostiole
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pore
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palimpsest
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layered writing
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panoptic
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visually all-inclusive
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penchant
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proclivity
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perpend
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ponder
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piquant
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spicy
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propensity
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predisposition
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pukish
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mischevious
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puissance
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power
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raconteur
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story teller
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repudiate
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reject
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rhetorician
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orator
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sabulous
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sandy
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sandhi
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word modification
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sardiconic
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grimly mocking or cynical
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secular
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wordly
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sinecure
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a job with no duties
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sinistral
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left handed
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senescence
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aging
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swoon
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faint
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titanic
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gigantic
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umbrage
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resentment
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umbrageous
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shaded
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valetudinarian
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hypochondriac
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variole
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small pox
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verruca
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wart
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wend
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proceed
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ziggurat
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ancient temple
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