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30 Cards in this Set
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hovel
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small wretched house
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whiff
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short-lasting smell
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pillory
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subject or expose to criticism and ridicule
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repartee
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quick clever reply
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epoch
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period of time
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tether
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tie with a rope
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deliberate
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to ponder
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scale
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ascend
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nomenclature
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terminology
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commiserate
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to feel or express pity or sympathy for
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motility
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ability to move spontaneously
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gibe
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to mock
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Insipid
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lacking in flavor, dull, flat
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Insularity
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narrow-mindedness, isolation
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Intractable
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unrully, stubborn, unyielding
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Inundate
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overwhelm, flood, submerge
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Inured
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Accustomed, hardened
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Invective
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Abuse
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Irascible
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irritable, easily angered
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Irresolute
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Weak, uncertain how to act
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Laconic
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brief and to the point
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Lassitude
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wearinees, languor
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Latent
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potential but undeveloped, dormant, hidden
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Laud
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to praise
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Lethargic
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drowsy, dull
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Levee
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earthen or stone embankment to prevent flodding
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Levity
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lack of seriousness or steadiness, frivolity
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Loquacious
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talkative
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Lucid
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easily understood, clear, intelligeble
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Magnanimity
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Generosity
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