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30 Cards in this Set
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boisterously
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loudly
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contiguous
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touching
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corpulent
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fat
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defunct
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no longer functioning
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denizen
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citizen
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dilatory
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designed to delay, stalling
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disconcerting
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unsettling
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distraught
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deeply upset
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explicable
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possible to explain
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fortnight
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2 weeks (14 nights)
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fortuitously
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luckily happening by accident
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grail
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greatly desired object
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grotesque
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disgusting/disfigured
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indiscreet
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lacking dignity
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ingratiate
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getting on someone's good side by flattering
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innuendo
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allusive hint
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interminable
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not able to end
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intimation
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imply/hint
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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pastoral
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rural
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presumptuous
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making assumptions
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privy
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secret/private to
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provocation
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action/speech to intentionally make someone angry
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reproach
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disapproval/disappointment
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retribution
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punishment considered to be fully deserved
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sinister
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evil
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strident
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loud and harsh
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supercilious
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behaving superior
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superficial
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fake, not deep
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vestige
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trace of something that is disappearing
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