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94 Cards in this Set
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indiscriminate
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random, haphazard
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compendium
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a summary
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antipathy
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hatred
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agnostic
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not knowing if there is a God
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malevolent
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spiteful, ill-wishing
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toxemia
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blood poisoning
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analgesic
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pain reliever
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subsistence
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act of existing and the means to do so
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vacilate
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to waiver, to swing back and forth
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sesquipedalianist
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one who uses big words
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tacit
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implied, unspoken
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sinuous
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twisted, winding
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polyglot
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one who speaks many languages
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ambulatory
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able to walk
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mnemonics
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a system for improving the memory
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digamy
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2nd legal marriage
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misogynist
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one who hates women
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consanguinity
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related by blood
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achromatic
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colorless
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avocation
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hobby
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heterogeneous
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made up of different parts
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petulent
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ill-tempered
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verbose
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wordy
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necropolis
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cemetary
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pungent
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repulsive, acrid or burning
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plutocrat
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a wealthy ruler
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volition
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free will, conscience choice
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eulogy
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speech honoring the dead
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anthology
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a collection of literature
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malicious
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spiteful, evil
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dissonance
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harsh discord
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augment
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to increase
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atrophy
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a wasting away
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coalesce
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to come together
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apathy
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not caring
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virile
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manly
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volatile
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explosive, changeable
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bathometer
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instrument to measure depth
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athanasia
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immortality
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eugenics
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selective breeding
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sporadic
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occuring at irregular intervals
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malefactor
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criminal
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projectile
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a thrown object
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orison
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prayer
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cursory
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quick, hasty
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proliferate
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multiplying rapidly
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iconoclast
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one who destroys sacred images
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caustic
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burning or corrosive
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mordant
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bitingly sarcastic
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latent
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hidden
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heliolatry
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worship of the sun
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amnesty
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a formal pardon from the government
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ergophobia
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fear of work
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mercurial
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changeable, quick
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malediction
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curse
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tautology
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a needless repetition
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diglot
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one who speaks two languages
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metromania
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madness for writing poetry
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synergism
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working cooperatively
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veracity
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truthfullness
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orthodox
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adhering to accepted ideas or beliefs
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icthyophagous
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fish eating
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solvent
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able to pay financial debts
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metamorphosis
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change in form or shape
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aphonic
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silent
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nescienty
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ignorance
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dactylology
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sign language
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cosmopolitan
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universal
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taphephobist
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one who fears being buried alive
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logomachy
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a verbal debate
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endemic
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affecting a specific area
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anachronism
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something out of historical time or period
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euphoria
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a feeling of well being
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dyschromatopsia
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colorblindness
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fidelity
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faithfullness
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miscegenation
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mix of the races
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phototropism
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tendency to move toward the sunlight
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mercenary
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motivated by money
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theist
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one who believes in a God
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senescent
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growing older
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entomology
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study of insects
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eccentric
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odd, crazy
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lucrative
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profitable
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dilatory
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stalling
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incarnadine
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flesh-colored
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garrulous
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chatty, talkative
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impecunious
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broke, pennyless
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omniverous
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consuming everything
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progeny
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offspring
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nefarious
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evil
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chiromancy
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palm reading
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commodious
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roomy, spacious
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cacography
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bad handwriting
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languid
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weak, lathargic
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