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75 Cards in this Set
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strife
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bitter conflict; quarrel; fight
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appease
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to soothe; to pacify by giving into
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lampoon
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a light, good-humored satire
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boon
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a timely benefit; a blessing
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poltroon
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a coward
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brazen
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bold, shameless; impudent
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conundrum
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a dilemma; any problem or puzzle
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covert
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secret; hidden; concealed
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bootleg
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to smuggle; to make for sale illegally
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diatribe
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a bitter verbal attack
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offal
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waste parts esp. of a butchered animal
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parley
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a conference, esp, between enemies
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fray
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fight or scuffle; brawl
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lambaste
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to give a thrashing; to scold
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cataclysm
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a violent upheaval or change
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purblind
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nearly blind
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ethereal
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very light; heavenly
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lackadaisical
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showing lack of interest
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bland
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lacking flavor; dull
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devoid
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entirely without
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cascade
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waterfall; something that looks like one
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palisade
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fortification; extended cliff
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fusillade
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a rapid outburst or barrage
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parable
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a simple story illustrating a moral lesson
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paradigm
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a pattern that serves as a model
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patriarch
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the male leader of a family or tribe
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maladroit
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clumsy; inept
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malaise
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a vague feeling of bodily discomfort
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malice
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a desire or intention to harm others
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malodor
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a bad smell
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panorama
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an unbroken view of a wide area
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saga
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a long story, often telling family history
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plethora
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superabundance
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gradient
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slope
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adherent
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supporter
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vent fat; obese
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a means of escape or release
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armament
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military supplies
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presentiment
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premonition
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corpulent
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fat; obese
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circumvent
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to surround; bypass
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atone
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to make amends
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replete
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Full or supplied to the utmost
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mammoth
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huge; gigantic
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baleful
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threatening; hurtful; ominous
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diminution
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the act of diminishing; reduction
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cryptic
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having an ambiguous or hidden meaning
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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pliable
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easily bent or twisted; easily persuaded
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adroit
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skillful; deft
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bauble
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a small, inexpensive trinket
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skullduggery
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underhandedness
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ancillary
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providing assistance; subordinate
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sedentary
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accustomed to little exercise
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cursory
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performed with haste
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predatory
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pillaging
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symmetry
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exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line
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tawdry
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cheap in appearance or nature
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ambulatory
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able to walk
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idolatry
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excessive devotion to something
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pecuniary
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relating to money
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rhetoric
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over-elaborate language
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dogmatic
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authoritative, arrogant
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philippic
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a verbal denunciation
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pandemic
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widespread; general
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idyllic
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naturally peaceful
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peccadillo
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a minor offense
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emphatic
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forcibly expressive
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logistics
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management of details
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circumspect
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cautious; prudent
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abstract
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theoretical
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defunct
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dead; inactive
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succinct
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terse
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palpable
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capable of being touched
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accountable
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responsible; liable
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ostensible
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appearing as such (obvious)
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