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36 Cards in this Set
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lout
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clumsy person
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low
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moo
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lucre
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money
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lugubrious
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mournful
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lull
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moment of calm
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lumber
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move heavily, clumsily
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lumen
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unit of light energy
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luminary
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celebrity; dignitary
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lurid
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wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome
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lustrous
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shining
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luxuriant
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abundant; rich; fertile
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macabre
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gruesome; grisly
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mace
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ceremonial staff
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macerate
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soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
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machiavellian
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crafty; double-dealing
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maculated
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spotted; stained
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madrigal
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pastoral song
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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magisterial
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authoritative; imperious
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magnanimity
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generosity
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magnate
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person of prominence/ dignity
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magniloquent
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boastful; pompous
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malapropism
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comic misuse of word
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maledicition
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curse
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maligh
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speak evil of; bad mouth; defame
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manacle
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restrain; handcuff
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mandate
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order; charge
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mangy
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shabby; wretched
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manifesto
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declaration; statement of policy
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manumit
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emancipate; free from bondage
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marshal
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put in order
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martinet
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stickler to regulations
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matriculate
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enroll
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matrix
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point of origin
math mold/die |
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maudlin
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too sentimental
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maul
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handle roughly
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