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48 Cards in this Set
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abortive
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fruitless, unsuccessful
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fractiousness
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tendency to be troublesome
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languidly
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lacking force or quickness of movement
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extemporizing
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improvising
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peremptory
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expressive of urgency or command
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oculist
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opthalmologist
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contiguous
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adjacent
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propriety
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characteristic of one that possesses or owns
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ectoplasm
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substance held to produce materialization of spirit
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hauteur
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arrogance, haughtiness
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innuendo
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hint, insinuation
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tortuously
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marked by repeated twists, bens, or turns
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vinous
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relating to wine
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subterfuges
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deceptions
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punctilious
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careful
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nonolfactory
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nonodorous
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anteroom
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outer room
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somnambulatory
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as if sleepwalking
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denizen
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one that frequents a place
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disembodied
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to divest of a body, of corporeal existence
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elongating
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to extend the length of
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postern
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private or side entrance
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pompadour
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man's style of hairdressing
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nebulous
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indistinct, vague
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meretricious
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falsely attractive
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conceits
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fanciful ideas
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debauchee
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dissipated person
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euphemisms
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use of word or phrase that is less direct but also less offensive and distasteful than another
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dilatory
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inclined to delay; slow or late in doing things
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incarnation
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endowment with a human body
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magnanimous
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generous in overlooking injury or insult
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expostulation
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objecting to a person's actions or intentions
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truculent
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fierce, cruel, savage
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grail
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the cup or platter used by hesus at the last supper
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redolent
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smelling(of)
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benediction
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blessing
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garrulous
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talkative
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fortuitously
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by chance; accidentally
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corrugated
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furrowed
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adventitious
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accidental
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circumstantial
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incidental
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pasquinade
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satire posted in a public place
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ulster
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long, heavy overcoat
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bulbous
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shaped like a bulb or bulbs
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unutterably
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inexpressibly
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inquisitions
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investigations
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pandered
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provided the gratification of another's needs
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commensurate
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corresponding in extent or degree
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