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75 Cards in this Set
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motif
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something repeated
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specious
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to allure
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mirages
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seeing things
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enmity
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hatred
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strident
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characterized by bad sounds
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eccentric
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over the top
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furtive
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secretive
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mortification
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a sense of self humiltaion
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immured
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imprisioned
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gesticulated
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made gestured
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officious
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meddlesome
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ebullience
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expression of thought or feeling
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recrimmination
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a bitter retort
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inscrutable
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hard to grasp
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vicissitudes
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natural change in human nature
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contrite
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expressing remorse for ones sins
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incredulous
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skpetical
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baffled
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disconcerted
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susurration
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a murmur
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blatant
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completely obvious
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impalpable
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cant touch
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myriad
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ten thousands
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preposterous
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absurds
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taboo
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banned
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swarthiness
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darkness of complexion
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tacitly
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silently
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errant
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straying outside the path
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malevolently
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hatefully
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obscurely
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without full understanding
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opaque
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hard to understand or explain
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improvisation
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making
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jeeringly
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mockingly
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lamentably
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regrettably
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ludicrous
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eccentricity
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expansively
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increasingly
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effigy
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an image of a person
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perilous
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dangerous
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tempestuously
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violently
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discursive
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digressive to move to a different topic
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inarticulate
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cant talk
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incantation
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a spell
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interminable
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prolonged
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tremulously
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fearfully
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exasperation
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to the point of being irritated or annoyed
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incredulity
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the state or quantity of disbelief
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diffidently
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shyly
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constrainedly
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with an unusual manner
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exulting
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rejoicing
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somberly
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seriously
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mutinously
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rebelliously
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obtuesness
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dullness
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brandishing
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shaking or waving threateningly
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daunting
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dismaying
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impervious
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cant get in
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contemptuously
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disrespectful
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derisive
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expressing or causing scorn
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sanctity
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holy
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demure
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reserved
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demented
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mad insane
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iridescent
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glittering
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parody
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a ridicule
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corpulent
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obese
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succulent
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juicy
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abominable
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horrible
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loathing
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extreme hate
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conviction
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strong persuasion
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purged
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to be cleaned
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myopia
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when things look blurry
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multitudinous
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exisiting in great numbers
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propitiantingly
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done with the hope of goodwill
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truculently
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self assertively aggresive
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talisman
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something producing magical effects
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inimical
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hostile
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ululation
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a howl
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excruciantingly
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painfully
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