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100 Cards in this Set
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Incisive
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penetrating;cutting;biting;indesicive
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Contrived
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obviously planned or forced
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Tenacity
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holding fast;persistent;stubborn;courage
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Imprudent
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lacking discretion;incautious;careless
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Precipitous
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a cliff with a nearly vertical, vertical, and/or and overhanging face.
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Paroxysm
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any sudden, violent out burst.
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Stolid
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional
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Belated
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coming or being after a specific time
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Connoisseur
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a person who is especially competent; particularly in the arts;expert.
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Countenance
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appearance;look or expression
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Trivial
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of very little importance or value
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Inexorably
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unyielding;unalterable
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Inert
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having no power of action, motion, or resistance
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Defiled
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to make foul, dirty, or unclen;corrupted
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Undulation
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to move with a sinuous or wave-like motion
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Consumptive
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tending to consume; destructive; wasteful
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Purloined
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to take dishonestly; steal- filch- pilfer
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Specious
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Superficially pleasing or plausible
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Incited
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To stir, encourage, urge on.
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Apparition
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a supernatural appearnece of a person or thing
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asperity
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harshness, sharpness
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au revoir
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until we see each other again
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dinner/supper
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and evening meal.
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Les Huguenots
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Opera
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De Reszkes
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family of singers
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boots
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servant who shines shoes
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outre
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bizarre; extremely unusual
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British Museum
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a famous London Research Library and museum
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Madame
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married
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Miss
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not married
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Miasmatic vapor
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a bad-smelling fog
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phosphorus
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a chemical that glows in the dark
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a pin, a cork, and a card
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equipment used by naturalists to mount and display
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Kneller/Reynolds
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Painters
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Rodney
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british admiral
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Pitt
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Prime Minister of England
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bulbous-headed
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having a bulb shaped head
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cajoled
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to persuade by flattery
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coherent
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logically connected; consistent
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daunted
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to overcome with fear
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discreet
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judicious in one's conduct or speech
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endeavor
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to exert herself to do or effect something; try or attempt
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entailed
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to cause or involve by necissity or as a consequence
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erroneous
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containing error, mistake
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expedient
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tending to promise some desired object
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five-pound note
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british paper currency worth about 25 dollars
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foil
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to prevent the success of
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fulsome
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overdone or gross, disgusting
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Great Rebellion
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english civil war
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guineas
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british gold coin worth about $5.25
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inclement
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severe; rough; harsh
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inexplicable
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incapable of being accounted for or explained
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investigation
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the act or process of investigating
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languid
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lacking in spirit or interest; weak, slow.
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M.R.C.S
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member of the royal college of surgeons
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Michaelmas
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religious festival held on sept.26 for the arch angel Michael.
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Monsieur Bertillon
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created a system of identifying criminals by their physical measurements
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nouveau riches
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having recently recieved riches
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prosaic
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commonplace or dull-unimaginative
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pugnacious
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inclined to a quarrel
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residue
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something that remains after a part is taken away
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scion
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descendant
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chimercial
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unreal, imaginary
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shilling
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British coin worth about 25 cents.
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slovenly
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untidy or unclean in appearence or habits
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sovereign
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british coin worth about $5.
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squire
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owner of real estate
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The Strand
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street in London famous for hotels and theaters
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toff
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a stylishly dressed, fashionable guy.
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vexation
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irritation, annoyance
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Blackguard
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a low, contemptible man; scoundrel
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Bog
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piece of wet, spongy ground
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cairns
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pile of stones
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coherently
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logically connected; consistent
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crenelated
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to furnish with battlements
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distraught
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in a state of mental conflict and confusion
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ecarte
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french card game
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efface
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rub out; blot out; wipe out; obliterate
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equivocal
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having two or more meanings
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furtive
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done quickly and with steath to avoid being noticed
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immutable
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never changing
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incessant
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never stopping
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incredulity
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lack of belief; doubt
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indelibly
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cant be erased
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interminable
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never stopping; unceasing
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lepidoptera
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any of an order of insects having coiled mouth parts
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livid
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1. pale, quiet
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neolithic man
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people who lived in stone age
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peat
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kind of heavy turf mad up of partly decomposed veggie matter
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peremptory
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leaving no choice
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pittance
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small amount of $
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propitious
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favorably inclined
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rendezvous
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an appointment or engagement to meet at a fixed place or time.
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reproved
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show disapproval of; blame
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reticent
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disposed to keep silent or say little
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solicitation
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a soliciting; earnest request/ lawyer
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Swan and Edison
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high powered light fixture
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tempestuous
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stormy
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Tete-a-tete
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two together in private
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tors
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rocky mountains or peaks
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