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25 Cards in this Set
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aplomb
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a handling of something with confidence and composure
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automaton
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a creature acting in a mechanical way with no indication of intelligence
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berate
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to engage in intense and long scolding or condemnation
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cascade
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a steep waterfall or series of waterfalls
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celerity
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quickness
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circuitous
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indirect, roundabout
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delimits
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fixes or defines the limit or boundary of something
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descriminating
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drqwing fine distinctions, picky
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dormer
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a gabled extention of an attock room
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excrable
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extremely bad, deserving of hate
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forswear
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to renounce and to repudiate
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grotto
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cave
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limpid
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clear, transparent
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meritorious
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deserving of honor or praise
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pathogenic
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disease-producing
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plumage
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feathers of a bird
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progenitor
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related ancestor
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regimen
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the regular proceess, procedure, or system of doing something
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rotund
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very plump, round
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ruffanism
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rowdy or tough behavior
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shepherd
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to guide, to guard
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stratum
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a horizontal layer
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tensile
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capable of being stretched
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unwitting
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no intentional, without knowledge
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vogue
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popular fashion
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