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144 Cards in this Set
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Bard
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Poet
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Barefaced
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Shameless
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Baroque
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Highly ornate
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Barrage
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Barrier
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Barrister
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Lawyer
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Barterer
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Trader
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Bask
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Luxuriate
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Bastion
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Strong hold
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Bate
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Restrain
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Bauble
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Trifle
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Bawdy
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Obscene
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Beatific
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Blissful
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Beatify
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To bless
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Beatitude
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Blessedness
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Bedizen
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Dress with vulgar
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Bedraggle
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Wet thoroughly
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Beeline
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Direct
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Befuddle
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Confuse
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Beget
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To produce
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Begrudge
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Resent
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Beguile
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Mislead
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Beholden
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Obligated
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Behoove
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Be necessary for
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Belabor
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To explain or go over
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Belated
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Delayed
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Beleaguer
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To harass
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Belie
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Contradict
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Belittle
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Disparage
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Bellicose
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Warlike; Pugnacious
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Belligerent
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Quarrelsome
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Bemoan
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Lament
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Bemused
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Confused
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Benevolent
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Generous
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Benison
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Blessing
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Bent
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Determined
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Bequeath
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Leave to someone by means of a will
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Berate
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Scold
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Bereavement
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State of being deprived
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Bereft
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Deprived of
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Berserk
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Frenzied
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Beseech
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To beg
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Beset
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To harass
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Besiege
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Surround with armed forces
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Besmirch
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Soil
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Bestow
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To confer
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Betoken
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Signify
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Betroth
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Become engaged to marry
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Bevy
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Large group
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Bicameral
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Two chambered
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Bicker
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Quarrel
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Biennial
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Every 2 years
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Bifurcated
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Divided into two branches
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Bigotry
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Intolerance
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Bilk
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To cheat
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Bivouac
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Temporary encampment
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Blandish
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Cajole
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Blandishment
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Flattery
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Blare
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Loud
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Blase
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Bored with pleasure
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Blasphemy
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Irreverence
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Blatant
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Offensive
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Bleak
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Cold or cheerless
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Blighted
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Destroyed
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Blithe
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Carefree and unconcerned
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Bloated
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Swollen
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Blowhard
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Talkative
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Subliminal
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Below the threshold
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Submissive
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Timid
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Subordinate
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Inferior
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Suborn
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Persuade to act unlawfully
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Subservient
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Servile
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Subsequent
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Following later
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Subside
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Settle down
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Subsidiary
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Secondary
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Subsidy
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Direct financial aid by government
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Subsistence
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Existence
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Substantial
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Ample
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Substantiate
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Support
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Substantive
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Essential
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Subsume
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Include
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Subterfuge
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Evasion
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Subtlety
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Perceptiveness
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Subversive
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Destructive
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Succinct
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Brief
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Succor
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Aid
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Succulent
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Juicy
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Succumb
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Yield
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Suffragist
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Advocate of voting rights
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Suffuse
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Spread over
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Sully
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Tarnish
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Sultry
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Sweltering
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Summation
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Act of finding the total
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Sumptuous
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Lavish
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Sunder
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Separate
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Sundry
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Several
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Superannuated
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Retired
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Supercilious
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Arrogant
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Supererogatory
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More than needed
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Superficial
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Trivial
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Superfluous
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Excessive
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Supernumerary
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Person or thing in excess
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Supersede
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Cause to set aside
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Supine
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Lying on back
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Supplant
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Replace
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Supple
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Flexible
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Suppliant
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Entreating
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Supplicate
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Petition humbly
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Supposition
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Hypothesis
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Supposititious
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Assumed
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Suppress
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Stifle
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Surfeit
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Satiate
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Surly
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Rude
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Surmise
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Guess
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Surmount
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Overcome
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Surrepititious
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Secret
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Surrogate
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Substitute
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Surveillance
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Watching
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Susceptible
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Impressionable
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Sustain
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Support; Nourish
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Sustenance
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Means of support
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Swarthy
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Dark
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Swathe
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Wrap around
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Swelter
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Oppressed by heat
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Swerve
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Deviate
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Swill
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Drink greedily
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Swindler
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Cheat
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Sybarite
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Lover of luxury
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Sycophant
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Flatterer
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Syllogism
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Logical formula consisting of a major premise
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Sylvan
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Rustic
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Symbiosis
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Interdependent Relationship
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Symmetry
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Balanced
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Synchronous
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Similarly timed
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Synoptic
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Summary
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Synthesis
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Combining parts into a whole
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Synthetic
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Artificial
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Tacit
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Understood
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Taciturn
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Silent
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Tactile
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Sense of touch
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Taint
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Contaminate
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Tangential
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Peripheral
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Tangible
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Palpable
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Tantalize
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Tease
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Tantamount
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Equivalent in value
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