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53 Cards in this Set
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Banns
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church announcement of marriage
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deft
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quick and skillful
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not deaf
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extemporizing
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perform something without preparation
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temporary
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Fractiousness
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quarrelsome
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fractions is math math is ____
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Hulking
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large
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the HULK
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Incredulously
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showing disbelief
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yeah right thats incredulous
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Languidly
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slowly; listlessly; no energy
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mommy's languid
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Peremptorily
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allowing no response
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someone who interrupts is kinda peremptorily
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supercilious
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contemptious;showing strong dislike; hastily
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super mean
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Contiguous
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next to each other
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contagious
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Hauteur
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arrogance
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"i'm a hotty"
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Incessant
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constant
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the ant never stops crawling it's in ___ motion
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Shiftlessness
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lacking ambition
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less
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Sauntered
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easy pace
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jesse saunters
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Strident
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shrill; harsh sounding
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trident doesnt taste bad but Strident sounds
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ascertained
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find out
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certain
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cataracts
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waves
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Innuendo
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hint of somthing improper
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diminuendo is something less
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permeate
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spread through
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diffusion
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staid
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dignified
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i stayed she didnt
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Vacuous
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empty
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the INN was VACUOUS because it sounded weird
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Denizen
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inhabitant
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i live in a den in the zen
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Disconcerting
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confusing
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concerts are __ because you dont know who's playing
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Punctilious
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very particular on details; careful about correct behavior
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punctual people are punctilious
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benediction
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blessing
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benedic arnold was a ____ for the england side
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Disembodied
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from unseen person
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dis bodied not there???
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somnambulatory
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sleepwalk
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when someone is sleepy they say weird words like this
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defunct
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dead; broken
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defunctional
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Harrowed
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distressed; vexed
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harold is ____
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Nebulous
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unclear; vague
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nebula's in the sky
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Reproach
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feel blameworthy
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when you see someone again taht you did something wrong to you feel _______
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Serfs
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enslaved laborer
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Vestige
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trace of something gone
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Dilatory
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slow
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Dil from rugrats is ___
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Laudable
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praiseworthy
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Proximity
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nearness
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approximently blank
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Septic
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dirty
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septic tanks...
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Turgid
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inflated in language
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irene the art teacher
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Caravansary
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desert inn for traveling caravans
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Meretricious
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Cheap
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its not precious
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Portentous
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ominous
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when you look out the port you know whats going on
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Prig
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overly proper
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damn pricks
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Truculent
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cruel
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opposite of will trueman
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Forlorn
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pitiable
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when you get hit with a horn you feel ___
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Fortuitously
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by chance
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fortune for me comes by ____
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Garrulous
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talking too much
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opposite of gaara
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Indiscernible
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imperceptible
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cant go through
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Redolent
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fragrant
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i want a redolent perfume
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Adventitious
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accidental
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huck finn
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Commensurate
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equal in size
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common
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Complacent
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satisfied
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when you settle down into a place you're supposed to feel ____
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Deranged
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driven mad
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the alien song!
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tranistory
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quickly passing; momentary
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opposite of history
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