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145 Cards in this Set
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Ignoramus
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an ignorant person
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Illustrious
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famous
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Immure
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to imprison
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Impasse
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blocked path
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Impertinent
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rude
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Impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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Impious
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not devout in religion
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Impolitic
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unwise
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Imposing
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dignified, grand
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Importune
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to ask repeatedly, beg
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Imprecation
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curse
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Improvident
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without planning, negligent
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Imprudent
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unwise
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Impudent
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arrogant
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Impugn
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to attack verbally
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Incandescent
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shining brightly
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Incarnidine
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blood-red in color
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Incarnate
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having bodily form
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Incendiary
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combustible
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Incommunicado
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lacking a means to communicate
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Incontrovertible
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unquestionable
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Inculcate
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to teach
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Incursion
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sudden invasion
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Indelible
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permanent
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Indigent
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very poor
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Indigant
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angry
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Indomitable
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fearless
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Industry
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diligence, energy
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Infernal
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hellish
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Infirmity
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disease
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Inglorious
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lacking fame
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Ingrate
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ungrateful person
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Ingress
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entrance
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Injunction
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command, order
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Inquest
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investigation
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Insentient
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unfeeling
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Insolent
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insulting
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Insolvent
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bankrupt
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Insular
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isolated, detached
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Insurrection
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rebellion
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Intemperate
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not moderate
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Inter
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to bury
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Internecine
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deadly to both sides
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Interpolate
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to insert
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Interpose
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to insert
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Interregnum
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interval between reigns
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Interstice
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a space between things
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Invective
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verbal abuse
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Inveigh
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protest strongly
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Investiture
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ceremony conferring authority
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Invidious
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likely to provoke ill will
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Irreverent
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disrespectful
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Jettison
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to cast off, throw cargo overboard
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Juggernaut
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huge force destroying everything in its path
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Jurisprudence
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philosophy of law
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Kernel
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innermost part
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Laggard
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dawdler, loafer
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Lambaste
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disapprove angrily
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Lampoon
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attack with satire
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Languid
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lacking energy, indifferent, slow
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Lapidary
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relating to precious stones
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Larder
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place where food is stored
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Largess
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generosity
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Lascivious
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lewd
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Lassitude
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lethargy
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Latitude
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freedom in action
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Leery
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suspicious
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Levity
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humor
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Libertarian
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one who believes in freedom
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Libidinous
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lustful
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License
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freedom to act
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Lien
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right to possess and sell property of a debtor
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Liniment
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medicinal liquid used to ease pains
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Lionize
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to treat as a celebrity
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Lissome
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easily flexed
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Lithe
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graceful, flexible
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Livid
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discolored from a bruise, red with anger
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Low
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to make a sound like a cow
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Macabre
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gruesome
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Machination
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plot or scheme
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Maelstrom
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whirlpool; turmoil
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Magnanimous
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generous
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Magnate
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powerful person
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Mainstay
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chief support
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Malapropism
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humorous misuse of a word
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Malediction
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curse
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Manumission
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release from slavery
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Marginal
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barely sufficient
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Maritime
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relating to the sea
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Martial
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war-like
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Martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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Matrilineal
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tracing ancestry through mother’s line rather than father’s
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Maudlin
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overly sentimental
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Mawkish
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overly sentimental
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Meander
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wander
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Megalith
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huge stone used in prehistoric structures
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Mendacity
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a lie
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Meretricious
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gaudy, falsely attractive
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Metronome
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time keeping device
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Mirth
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laughter
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Miscreant
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one who behaves criminally
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Missive
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note or letter
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Molt
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to shed hair
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Monolith
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a huge block of stone
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Moot
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debatable, previously decided
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Mordacious
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caustic
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Mores
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customs
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Moribund
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dying
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Mote
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small particle
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Motley
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many-colored
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Mottle
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to make with spots
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Munitions
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ammunition
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Necromancy
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black magic
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Nether
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located under or below
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Nettle
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to irritate
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Nicety
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elegant
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Niggardly
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stingy
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Niggling
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trifle
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Nihilism
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belief that existence is meaningless
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Noisome
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stinking
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Non sequitur
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conclusion not following from evidence
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Nonentity
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an insignificant person
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Novitiate
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period of being a novice
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Numismatics
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coin collecting
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Obdurate
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stubborn
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Obeisance
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show of respect
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Objurgate
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scold
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Oblique
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indirect
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Obloquy
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abusive language
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Obsequy
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funeral ceremony
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Obstreperous
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unruly
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Obtuse
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stupid, dull
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Odious
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hateful
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Officious
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too helpful
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Ontology
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theory about the nature of existence
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Opalescent
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displaying colors
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Opine
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to express an opinion
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Opprobrious
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disgraceful
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Oracle
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person who foresees the future and gives and advice
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Ornithologist
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scientist who studies birds
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Orotund
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pompous
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Ouster
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ejection
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Overture
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musical introduction, proposal, offer
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Overweeing
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arrogant
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Overwrought
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agitated overdone
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