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31 Cards in this Set
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A prearranged reply to a challenge, as from a guard or sentry; a password
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Watchwords
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A small flat round of bread, baked on a griddle and usually served toasted
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Crumpet
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Partly gray or straked with gray
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Grizzled
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Agreement;concurrence
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Assent
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A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers
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Hostel
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The capacity to be affected by deep emotions or strong feelings; sensitivity
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Susceptibilities
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Miserly; stingy
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Cheese-paring
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An extravagant or errratic notion or action
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Vagaries
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An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture
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Surmise
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To throw into confusion or disorder; entangle
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Embroil
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Speaking, writing, written in, or conposed of several languages; mixture or confusion
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Polyglot
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Eyeglasses clipped to the bridge of the nose
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Pince-nez
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A meal of the food eaten or provided at a meal
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Repast
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A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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Rucksack
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Of, relating to, derived from, or containing boron
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Boracic
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To count off or name one by one; list
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Enumerated
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A historical region and former principality in west-central Russia- centered on Moscow, it was founded c. 1280 and existed as a seperate entity until the 16th century, when it was united with another principality to form the nucleus of the early Russian empire
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Muscovy
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Deeply absorbed; engrossed
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Rapt
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A gem, such as a diamond, that is set alone
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Solitaire
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Between; in an intermediate position; neither wholly one thing nor another
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Betwixt
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A woman hired to do cleaning or similar work, usually in a large building
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Charwoman
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Very irritable
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Waspish
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A raincoat
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Mackintosh
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Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant
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Insolent
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Sharp or bitter in tone or meaningl; cutting
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Tartly
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A pate made from goose liver (marinated in cognac) and truffles
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Foie gras
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Aggressively hostile; disposed to fight; pugnacious
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Truculent
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A collection of items held or bound together
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Sheaf
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While
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Whilst
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Solidly built; sturdy; chubby, plump
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Stocky
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Assumed or simulated to impress others
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Affected
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