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52 Cards in this Set
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missive
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opprobrium
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verdant
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parry
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fatuous
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molt
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encomium
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palatial
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bilk
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prattle
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stigma
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overwrought
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blight
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effigy
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scintilla
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slake
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syn: placate, soothe, pacify, propitiate, mollify, appease, satisfy
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maelstrom
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syn: chaos
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August
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mendicant
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mar
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leety
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antagonize
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forestall
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syn: stymie, hamper, impede, thwart, occlude
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canard
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cartography
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ossify
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syn: petrify, hardened
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inquest
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syn: probe, peruse, scrutinize, examine
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talon
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root Latin: talus-bone, heel, anle
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livid
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close but not related: azure
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belfry
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close but not related : knell - funeral bell
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neologism
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hapless
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hap means fortunate & hapless is opposite
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juncture
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polyglot
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Philistine
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amulet
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glower
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rejoinder
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Spartan
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stasis
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strategem
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repast
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wan
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caustic
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dyspeptic
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larceny
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cloying
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turgid
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ribald
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ostensible
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lachrymose
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emulate
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