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44 Cards in this Set
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Bedizen
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Decorate tastelessly
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Ambrosia
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Something with an especially delicioius flavor
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Epicure
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Person with refined taste
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Bonhomie
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Friendly disposition
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Hirsute
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Hairy
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Argot
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Slang
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Cadge
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To beg
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Bibulous
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Marked by alcohol usage
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Cabal
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A secret clique
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Luddite
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Opponet of technological progress
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Frowzy
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Messy person
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Zephyr
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A gentle breeze
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Fatidic
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Prophetic
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Variegate
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Change the appearance of
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Nostrum
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Medicine whose effects are unproven
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Dotage
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Mental infirmity as consequence of old age
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Prolix
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Wordy; drawn out
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Thaumaturgy
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Performance of magic
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Impugn
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Challenge an argument
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Sanitarium
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A hospital for recuperation
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Reticence
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Holding one's tongue
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Guileless
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Free of deceit
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Stultify
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To make foolish
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Discomfit
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To upset
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Implicate
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To connect or involve
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Daunt
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To discourage
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Refractory
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Stubborn
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Jibe
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To agree
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Decadent
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Appealing in an inapproriate way
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Artful
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Clever; tricky
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Ossify
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To harden
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Extraneous
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Not belonging to
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Cursory
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Perfunctory
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Machinations
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Complex schemes
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Parry
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To evade
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Vainglorious
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Elated by vanity
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Coalesce
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To grow together
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand
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Transitory
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Temporary
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Recondite
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Difficult to comprehend
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Noisome
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Harmful
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Hummock
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A small hill
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Effusive
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Excessive emotional expression
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Transit
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Act of passing over, across, or through
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