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50 Cards in this Set
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Ennul |
Boredom |
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Despondency |
Hopelessness |
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Chicanery |
Trick |
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Beguilement |
Cheating |
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Vicissitudes |
Uncertainty, ups and downs |
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Masquerade |
Incognito |
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Ambuscade |
Attack someone |
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Cabal |
Do something illegal |
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Schism |
A plan to do something |
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Sinew |
Determination, strength |
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Moxie |
Determination |
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Gossamer |
Some bind of thread |
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Misanthrope |
One who hates mankind |
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Carper |
Complaining always |
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Servitor |
Servant |
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Vanquisher |
Protecting one |
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Cynic |
One who sees evil in everything |
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Reticent |
Who is silent all the time |
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Pretexting |
Write about |
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Ramifying |
Impact of something |
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Derogatory |
Belittling something |
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Redolent |
Reminding us of something |
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Reprieve |
Give a break |
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Edacious |
Appealing to taste |
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Gustatory |
Appealing to sense of eating |
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Salubrious |
Promoting health; opposite of enerative |
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Carnal |
Flesh |
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Voluptuous |
Well grown, attractive, appealing |
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Pith |
Central part, essence |
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Milinary |
Hat making |
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Juxtapose |
Place side by side |
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Ratiocinate |
Analyze, think |
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Agglomerate |
Join together |
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Interpose |
Come in between two things |
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Cogitate |
To ponder or meditate on |
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Congeal |
Thicken |
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Covalesce |
To fuse! To unite |
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Courtify |
To form a system |
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Commentulate |
In proportion to |
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Concoct |
To make |
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Confound |
Confused, perplexed |
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Champion |
To take up something, to defend, to support |
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Condone |
To overlook voluntarily |
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Contend |
Argued |
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Converge |
To meet at a point |
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Cozon |
To mislead someone by fraud |
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Doyen |
Expertise |
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Maven |
Extremely skilled |
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Stingy |
Not spending money, niggerly, miserly |
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Jingoistic |
Excessive patriotism that puts us in war situation |
