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30 Cards in this Set
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congealed
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from a liquid to a solid
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adamantine
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unbreakable, hard
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volatilized
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liquid to vapor
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limpid
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clear
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auspicious
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sign of future benefit
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forebodding
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something bad is going to happen
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superflous
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unnecessary
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fast
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held firmly (as in held fast)
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unstinting
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lavish, generous
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brazen
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overly confident
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macerate
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make something thinner
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conduit
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part of structure whose function is to convey
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liturgy
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public religious ritual
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flit
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move in a light agile way
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shirk
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to avoid
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quell
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suppress
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skirt
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to go on the edge of, around
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irremediable
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impossible to correct
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arthropod
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a phylum where bees are placed, vertebrate (cats)
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cruet
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container for oil
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enfranshisement
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granting suffrage
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sophist
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fake philosopher, skilled in the use of plausible sounding but invalid reasoning
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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categorical
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absolute, without exception
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leviathon
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enormous creature
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lugubrious
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sad gloomy
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endemic
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unique to
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cord
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specific amount of wood
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credence
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a belief in the truth of something
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profligate
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recklessly extravagant
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