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45 Cards in this Set
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Zephr
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gentle breeze; west wind
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Zenith
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Point directly overhead n the sky; summit
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Zany
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Crazy, comic
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Zealot
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Fanatic, person who shows excessive zeal
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Yeoman
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man oweing small estate; middle-class farmer
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Wry
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Twisted, with a humorous twist
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Writhe
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twists in coils, contort in pain
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Wrest
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Pull away, take by voilence
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Wrangle
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Quarrel, obtain through arguing
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Wordly
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engrossed in matters of this earth, not spiritual
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Wont
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Custom, habitual procedure
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Wizened
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Withered, shriveled
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Witticism
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wity saying, wisecrack
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Witless
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foolish, idiotic
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withdrawn
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introverted, remote
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Wistful
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vaguely longing, sadly pensive
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Wispy
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Thin, slight, barely discernbile
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Winsome
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agreeable, gracious, engaging
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Winnow
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sift, separate good parts from bad
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Windfall
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fallen fruit, unexpected lucky event
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Whorl
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ring of leaves around stem; ring
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Whittle
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pare, cut off bits
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Whinny
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neigh like a horse
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*WHIMSICAL
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capricious, fanciful
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Whiff
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puff or gust (off, scent, etc
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Whet
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Sharpen, stimulate
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Whelp
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Young wolf, dog, tiger
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Wheedle
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cajole, coax, decieve by flattery
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Welter
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turmoil, bewildering jumble
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Weather
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endure the effects of weather, or other forces
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Wean
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Accustome a baby not to nurse, give up a cherished activity
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Waylway
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ambush, lie in wait
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Wax
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Increase, grow
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Wastrel
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Profligate, wasteful
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* WARY
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Very cautious
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Warren
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tunnels in which rabbits live, crowded conditions in which people live
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*WARRANTED
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justified, authorized
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Wanton
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unrestrained, willfully malicious, unchaste
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Wangle
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Wiggle out, fake
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Wanderlust
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strong longing to travel
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Wan
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Having a pale or sickly color, pallid
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Wallow
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roll in, indulge in, become helpless
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Wake
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Trail of ship or other object through water, path of something that has gone before
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Waif
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Homeless child or animal, urchin
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Waggish
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Mischievous, humorous tricky
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