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90 Cards in this Set
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Uptick
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rise
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eviscerate
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disembowel
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hermetic
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airtight
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untoward
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adverse
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Addle
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confuse
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mahout
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elephant driver
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natty
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stylishly dressed
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prescient
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forseeing
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gumption
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initiative
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sleight
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dexterity
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haft
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handle
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panache
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verve
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viridiscent
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greenish
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genuflect
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kneel and bow
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rapport
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accord
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perfidy
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treachery
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Levity
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lightness; lack of seriousness
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mucronate
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sharply pointed
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troth
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faithfulness
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amortize
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to pay gradually
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abase
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to lower in position; to degrade
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abbess
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the lady superior of a nunnery.
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indolent
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lazy
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embrangle
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to confuse
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involute
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rolled inward
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copse
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thicket
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abate
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to reduce; to lessen
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abdicate
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to give up a position of leadership
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abduct
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to kidnap, to take by force
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albescent
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white
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exhorative
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encouraging
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pith
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gist
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catharsis
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purging of emotional tensions
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caveat
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warning
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harbringer
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precursor
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transmute
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to change in outward structure or looks
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gullet
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small pieces of stone slate; esophogus
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insobriety
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the state of being drunk
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collude
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a secret agreement
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zephyr
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a gentle breeze
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zenith
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the culminating point; the highest point
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fecundity
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fertility
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catoptric
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mirror-related
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chouse
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trick
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colubrine
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snake-related
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tautological
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redundant
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advent
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coming
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eviscerate
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disembowel
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baleful
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malignant
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collusion
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secret agreement
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intercessor
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mediator
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placard
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poster
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sallow
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sickly
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iridescent
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varying in color, changeable
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deriliction
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negligence
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supposititious
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hypothetical
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perspicuity
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clarity
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precocious
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advanced
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dubiety
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uncertainty
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truancy
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hooky
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affective
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emotional
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convalescence
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to recover
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petulant
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crabby
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unscrupulous
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conscienceless
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indiscriminate
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haphazard
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impresario
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promoter
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ebullition
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outburst
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guileless
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innocent
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libidinous
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lustful
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cavort
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to move about playfully; frolic
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inviolable
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must be kept sacred
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sacrosanct
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too sacred to be touched
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torpor
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lethargy
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covey
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group
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hardihood
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boldness
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whet
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stimulate
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gird
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encircle
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syncretize
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unite
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voluptary
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sensualist
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lassitude
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weariness
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opulent
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wealthy
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avulsion
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forcible separation
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divaricate
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to branch off
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garble
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distort
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rivulet
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small stream
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precipitant
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hasty
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maladroit
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clumsy
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biramous
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forked
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amative
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loving
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mote
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speck
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