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73 Cards in this Set
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HIATUS
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A GAP OR BREAK IN TIME
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ABSOLVE
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TO FREE FROM BLAME
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VOUCHSAFE
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TO BE WILLING TO GIVE
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DISCONCERT
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TO CONFUSE
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STENTORIAN
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VERY LOUD
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CONTRIVE
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TO INVENT
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MANNA
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ANYTHING BADLY NEEDED WHICH IS RECIVED UNEXPECTEDLY
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FALLACIOUS
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MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE
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QUIXOTIC
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EXTRAVAGANTLY CHIVALROUS OR ROMANTIC
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ANARCHY
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MARKED BY CHAOS OR CONFUSION
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PREEMINENT
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PROMINENT
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TABLEAU
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A SCENE OR PICTURE FROZEN IN TIME
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HIATUS
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A GAP OR BREAK IN TIME
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AUTOMONY
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INDEPENDENCE
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IRREVOCABLE
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UNCHANGEABLE
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FILLET
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A SLICE OF MEAT OR FISH WITH NO BONES OR FAT
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INEBRIATED
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IN AN INTOXICATED STATE
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CAROUSAL
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NOSIY REVELY
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PREEMINENT
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PROMINENT
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POPULISM
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A POLITICAL MOVEMENT SUPPORTING THE "LITTLE GUY"
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TRANSIENT
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LASTING A SHORT TIME
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GUERRILLA
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A MEMBER OF AN IRREGULAR MILITARY FORCE
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ERRANT
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WANDERING
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NEMESIS
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ANYTHING THAT IS THE CAUSE OF ONE'S DOWNFALL
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DISSOLUTE
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LACKING IN MORAL VALUE
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ENJOIN
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TO PROHIBIT
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ERRANT
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WANDERING
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LANCET
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A SURGICAL KNIFE
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FACTIOUS
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UNRULY
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FALSETTO
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A MALE VOICE ABOVE NORMAL RANGE
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FRACTIOUS
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UNRULY
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PROVOCATIVE
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AROUSING DISIRE OR SPECULATION
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NONENTITY
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SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST
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DETRIMENTAL
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CAUSEING HARM OR DAMAGE
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PATINA
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TARNISH
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INSURGENT
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A REBEL
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SARTORIAL
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HAVING TO DO WITH DRESS
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VERITY
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THE TRUTH
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VILIFY
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TO DEFRAME
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ACCLAIM
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APPLAUSE OR PRAISE
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DEBASE
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TO LOWER IN VALUE
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CARNAGE
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LARGE ASCALE SLAUGHTER
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PYRRHIC VICTORY
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A VICTORY GAINED THROUGH TOO GREAT A LOSS
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CELESTIAL
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RELATING TO THE SKY, HEAVENLY
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BEGUILE
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TO CHARM OR DELIGHT
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OYSTER
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A CLOSE-MOUTHED PERSON
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TRALL
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A SLAVE
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RETRECH
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TO CUT DOWN, TO REDUCE IN SIZE
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APOCRYPHAL
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COUNTERFIET
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AUTHORITARIAN
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FAVORING ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY
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SLUGGISH
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SLOW,INACTIVE
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IMPUGN
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TO ACCUSE OF BEING FALSE
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CHRONIC
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CONTINUING OR CONSTANT
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DESPONDENT
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DEPRESSED
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SAGRACIOUS
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WISE
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INTRINSIC
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INHERENT
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ADDENDUM
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SOMETHING ADDED TO CLARIFY
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BANAL
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COMMONPLACE, TRITE
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SERVETTE
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TABLE NAPKIN
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ABROGATE
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TO ABOLISH
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MYRIAD
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A LARGE INDEFINED NUMBER
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HARLEQUIN
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A TRADITIONAL COMIC CHARACTER IN PANTOMIME
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ANACHRONISM
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ANYTHING OUT OF IT'S PROPER TIME
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EPITOME
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THE UTMOST REPRESENTATION
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CONTRITE
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REMORSEFUL
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OPUS
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A CREATIVE WORK, USUALLY MUSICAL
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INTRINSIC
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INHERENT
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PRECEPT
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A RULE OF CUNDUCT
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ENHANCE
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TO MAKE GREATER
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CRESTFALLEN
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DEJECTED
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LEST
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FOR FEAR THAT
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GROTTO
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A SMALL CAVE
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INCORPORATE
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TO COMBINE
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