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50 Cards in this Set
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obfuscate
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to obscure
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flagellate
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to whip
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hebetude
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dullness
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etiology
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cause
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peremptory
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dictatorial
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prostrate
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lying facedown
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nefarious
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villanous
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terra firma
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firm land
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saturnine
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gloomy and remote
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aphasia
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loss of speech
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anodyne
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pain reliever
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altruism
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concern for others
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adumbration
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foreshadow
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contumacy
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stubborn disobedience
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impudicity
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shamelessness
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perspicacity
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insight
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pandemic
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large epidemic
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ontology
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metaphysics of being
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recidivism
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chronic relapse
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allude
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indirectly refer
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peregrinate
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to travel
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sycophant
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obsequious parasite
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soporific
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sleep inducing
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sophist
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specious reasoner
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pyromania
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compulsive arson
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contemptuous insult
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contumely
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to stain someone's reputation
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stigmatize
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a combination
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synthesis
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unconquerable
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inexpugnable
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relating to fish
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piscine
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forgivable
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venial
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an assorted collection
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omnium gatherum
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to violently criticize
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inveigh
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secretary
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amaneusis
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an upstart
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parvenu
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major mental illness
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psychosis
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reckless
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temerarious
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of lakes
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lacustrine
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to seclude
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cloister
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complacently stupid
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fatuous
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disgusting
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odious
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a triple panel
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triptych
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enthusiastic praise
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encomium
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double meaning
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amphiboly
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excellent model
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paragon
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fear of death
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necrophobia
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dying
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moribund
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from outside
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extraneous
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untruthful
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mendacious
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obsequious
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servile
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