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66 Cards in this Set
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vulnerable
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capable of being harmed or wounded
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privy
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private, withdrawn, secret
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feigned
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to give false appearance of; induce as a false impression
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levity
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excessive or unseemly frivolity
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plagiaristic
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act or instance of being plagiarized
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proximity
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closeness
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supercilious
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coolly and patronizingly haughty
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arrogant
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exaggerating or dipsoed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance in the overbearing manner
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effeminate
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having feminine qualities untypical of a man
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swank
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full of life or energy
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fractiousness
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tending to be troublesome; unruly
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contemptuously
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manifesting, feeling, or expressing contempt
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languidly
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drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion; weak
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bantering
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to speak or address in a witty or teasing manner
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nordics
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a native of northern europe
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transcendent
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exceeding usual limits; surpassing; extending or lyign beyond the limits of ordinary experience
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contigious
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being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point
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crepe de chine
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a soft fine or sheer clothing crepe especially of silk
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regal
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of, or relating to, or uitable for a king
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hauteur
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arrogance, haughtiness
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kike
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offenseive term for a jew
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strident
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characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
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Versailles
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city in N france, characterized as elegant and high class
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prodigality
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recklessly extravagant
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spectroscopic
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covering a wide range
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innuendo
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an oblique allusion; hint; insinuation
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condescending
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to assume an air of superiority
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impetuously
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marked by impulsive vehemence or passion
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vacuous
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emptied or lacking content
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corpulent
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having a large bulky body
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obstetrical
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or or relating to childbirth
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caterwauling
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to make a harsh cry
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affectations
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mannerisms that characterize a person
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homogeneity
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sameness, universal similarity
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labyrinth
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a place constructed of or full of intricate passageeways and blind alleys, maze
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somnambularity
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to walk when asleep
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wan
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suggesting poor health, sickly, pallid
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elongating
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to extend the length of
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demoniac
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possessed or influenced by a demon; evil
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illusion
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the action of deceiving
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jonquils
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a meditteranean perennial bulbous herb, daffodil
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laudable
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worth of praise, commendable
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notoriety
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quality or state of being generally known and talked of, widely and unfavorably known
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meretricious
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of or relating to a prostitute
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable
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debauchee
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one given to extreme indulgence in sensuality
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septic
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of, or relating to, or causing putrefaction (POOP SEWER)
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menagerie
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a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
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dilatory
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tending or inteded to cause delay
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cravansary
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an inn surrounding a court in eastern countries where caravans rest at night
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precipitately
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falling , flowing, or rushing with steep descent
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magnanimous
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showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit
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portentous
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eliciting amazement or wonder
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expostulation
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to reason earnetsly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance; discussion
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truculent
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feeling or displaying ferocity; cruel; savage
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inexplicable
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incapable of being explained; interpreted, or accounted for
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indiscernible
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not recongizable as distinct
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grail
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cup or platter used according to medieval legend by Christ at the last supper and theeafter the object of knightly quests
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quickening
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to make alive; revive
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corroborate
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to support with evidence or authority; make more certain
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amorphous
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having no definite form; shapeless
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adventitious
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coming from another source and not inherent or innate
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pasquinade
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a lampoon posted in a public place
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provincial
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a person of local or restricted interests or outlook
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pandered
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to act as a pander; to provide gratificiation for others desires
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orgastic
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intense or paroxysmal excitement
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