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115 Cards in this Set
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Facile
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easily fluent talented speaker
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Factitious
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artificial, fake
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Factotum
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handyman
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Fallow
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plowed but not sowed, uncultivated
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Fancier
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animal breeder
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FATUOUS
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foolish, inane
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Febrile
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feverish
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Fecundity
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fertility, fruitfulness
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FELICITOUS
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apt, well chosen remarks
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Felicity
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happiness, approprietness of a remark
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Fell
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cruel, deadly
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Ferment
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agitation, commotion
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Fiat
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command
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Fillial
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pertaining to a son or daughter, opposite of parental
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Firebrand
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hothead, troublemaker
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FLAG
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droop, grow feeble
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Fleece
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rob, plunder
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Floe
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mass of floating ice
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Fluted
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vertical parallel grooves
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Foil
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opposite, contrast
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FOMENT
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stir up, instigate
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Forbearance
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patience
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Forswear
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renounce, abandon
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Frieze
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ornamental band on a wall
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Fructify
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bear fruit
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Fulcrum
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support on which a lever rests
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Fulminate
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thunder, explode
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Fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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Fusillade
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simultaneous firing or exploding
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GAINSAY
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deny
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Gambit
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opening in chess by sacrificing a piece
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Gambol
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romp, skip, playful leap
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GARRULOUS
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loquacious, wordy, talkative
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Gauche
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clumsy, coarse and uncouth
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Genuflect
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bend the knee to worship
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Germane
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pertinent, relevant to case at hand
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Germinal
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pertaining to a germ, creative
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Gourmand
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glutton who likes food and drink too much
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Gratis
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free
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Grouse
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complain, fuss
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Gustatory
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is to TASTE as visual is to sight
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Guy
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chain that steadies
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Gyroscope
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device for keeping your balance
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Hackles
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hair on back of dog's neck
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Hackneyed
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commonplace, trite
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Halcyon
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calm, peaceful
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Hale
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healthy
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Hap
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chance, luck
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HARANGUE
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passionate, vehement speech
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Headlong
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hasty, rash
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Hegemony
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dominance of one nation
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Hermetic
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sealed to be airtight
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Herpetologist
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studies reptiles
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Heterodox
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unorthodox, unconventional
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Hinterlands
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back country
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Hirsute
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hairy
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Histronic
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theatrical
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Hoary
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white with age
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Homily
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sermon, serious warning
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Hoodwink
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deceive, delude
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Hortatory
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encouraging, exhortive
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Hubris
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arrogance, excessive self conceit
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Hue and cry
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outcry
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Hummock
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small hill
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Husband
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use sparingly, conserve
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HYPERBOLE
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exaggeration, overstatement
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Ichthyology
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study of fish
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Ignoble
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not noble, unworthy
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Ignominy
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deep disgrace, shame, dishonor
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Illimitable
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infinite
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Illusive
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deceiving
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Imbroglio
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complicated, complex, painful misunderstanding
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Immolate
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offer as sacrifice
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Immure
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imprison, confine
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Impecunious
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without money
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Imperious
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domineering, haughty
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Impolitic
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unwise
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Import
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significance
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Imprecation
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curse
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Impregnable
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invulnerable
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Impuissance
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powerlessness, feebleness
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Impunity
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freedom from punishment or harm
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INCHOATE
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recently begun, rudimentary, elementary
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Incipient
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beginning, early stage
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Incommodious
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not spacious, inconvenient
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Incorporeal
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lacking material body, insubstantial
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Increment
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an increase
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Incubus
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burden, mental strain, nightmare
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Inculcate
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teach
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Indices
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signs, indications
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Indissoluble
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permanent
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Indite
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write, compose
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Inductive
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from specific to general
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Ineffable
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unutterable
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Ineluctable
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irresistible, inescapable
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Insalubrious
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unwholesome, not healthful
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INSIPID
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lacking in flavor, dull
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Insouciant
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indifferent, without concern or care
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INSULARITY
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narrowmindedness, isolation
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Insuperable
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insurmountable, unbeatable
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Intelligentsia
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intellectuals, educated elite
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Interdict
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prohibit, forbid
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Internecine
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mutually destructive
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Interpolate
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insert between
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Interregnum
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time in between reigns
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INTRASIGENCE
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refusal to compromise, stubbornness
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INURED
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accustomed, hardened
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INVECTIVE
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abuse, abusive curse
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Inveigh
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denounce, to curse
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Inveigle
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lead astray, wheedle
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Inveterate
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deep rooted, habitual
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Invidious
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designed to create ill willor envy
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Isotope
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varying form of an element
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Isthmus
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narrow neck of land
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Itinerant
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wandering, traveling
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