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39 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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levity
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light-hearted
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feign
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pretend
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privy
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held in confidence
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plagiaristic
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steal work
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epigram
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short poem
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supercilious
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arrogent
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effeminate
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having female mannerisms
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languid
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weak, dispirited
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uninflected
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flat (speech)
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peremptorily
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assertive tone
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corroborate
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support
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contiguous
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bordering
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hauteur
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arrogance
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cataracts
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waterfalls
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innuendo
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implying
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homogeniety
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uniform throughout
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provincial
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narrow, insular
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convivial
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outgoing, friendly
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rent asunder by dissention
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torn apart
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probity
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honesty
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subterfuge
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undercover
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punctilious
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attention to detail; punctual
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olfactory
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relating to sense of smell
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denizen
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inhabitant
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nebulous
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vague
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insidious
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secretly harmful
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meretricious
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alluring in a sleezy way
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turgid
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swollen (with fluids)
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ingratiate
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suck up
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septic
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infected
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chafed
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rub the wrong way
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euphemism
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elevated way of saying something
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dilatory
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tardy
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inviolate
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protected
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precipitately
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suddenly
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portentous
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fortells the future
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expostulation
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explanation
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truculent
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violent behavior
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fortuitously
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lucky (but stronger than lucky)
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