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75 Cards in this Set
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fractiousness
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irritability
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feigned
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pretended
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exempt
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free form obligation
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bizzare
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odd, grotesque
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bantering
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playful teasing
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complacency
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self satisfaction
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intimation
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hint
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desolate
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lonely
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supercilious
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haughty
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contiguous
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adjoining
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apathetic
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indifferent
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languid
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listless
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hauteur
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disdainful pride
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prodigality
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extravagance
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vehemently
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forceully
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credulity
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willingness to believe
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cynical
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skepitcal of goodness and sincerity
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ascertain
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to make sure
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convivial
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sociable
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affectation
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artificial
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punctilious
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precise
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labyrinth
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maze
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disconcerting
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confusing
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sinister
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ominous
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abstracted
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preoccupied
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juxtaposition
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side-by-side placement
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simultaneous
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at the same time
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defunct
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no longer exsisting
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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distraut
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agaitated
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vestige
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a trace of something no longer exsisting
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fluctuate
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to vary
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turbulent
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disturbing
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turgid
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swollen
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contingency
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a possible event
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profusion
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abundance
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oblivion
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nothingness
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saunter
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leisurely stroll
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dilatory
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slow
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affront
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offense
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abyss
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bottomless pit
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inviolate
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sacred, intact
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intermittant
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periodic
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presumptuous
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overly bold
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formidable
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awesome
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incessant
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without stopping
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ravenously
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hungrily
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pervaded
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spread throughout
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corroborate
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confirm
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garrulous
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over talkative
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amorphous
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formless
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holocaust
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complete destrution
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adventitious
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accidental
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superfluous
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excessive
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deferred
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yielded
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jaunty
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stylish
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distort
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twist out of shape
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transistory
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temporary
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incoherent
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disordered, unconnected
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fitzgerald's birth
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1896
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fitzgerald's death
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1940
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publication of the great gatsby
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1925
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first novel
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this side of paradise
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story of anthony patch
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the beautiful and damned
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in the army he sreved as a
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second lieutenant
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schools attended
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st. paul academy and priceton (never graduated from here)
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while in the army he was stationned in .... (where he met his wife)
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montgomery, alabama
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birth place
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st. paul, minnesota
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wife
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zelda sayre
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book written at the height of the depression
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tender is the night
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series of articles written for esquire
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the crack-up
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last novel / never finished
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the last tycoon
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zelda'a fate
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diagnosed with skitzophrenia and burned in the hospital during a fire
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publisher
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maxwell perkins with scribbner's
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cause of death and amount of people st his funeral
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heart attack and 30 people
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