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53 Cards in this Set
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Espy
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To Catch Sight of, Glimpse
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Uncanny
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of Supernatural Character or Origin
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Hail
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To Come From
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Terrestrial
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Relating To The Land
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Celestrial
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Relating To The Sky or the Heavens
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Winsome
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Charming, Attractive
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Presumptuous
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Disrespectfully Bold
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Brash
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Hasty or Lacking In Sensitivity
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Brazen
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Excessively Bold, Brash
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Audacious
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Excessively Bold
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Brusque
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Short, Abrupt, Dismissive
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Incisive
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Clear, Sharp, Direct
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Succint
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Marked By Compact Precision
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Cursory
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Brief To The Point of Being Superficial
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Contusion
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Bruise, Injury
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Laceration
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A Cut, Tear
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Acute
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Sharp, Severe
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Callous
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Harsh, Cold, Unfeeling
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Credulity
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Readiness To Believe
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Myriad
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Consisting of a Very Great Number
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Pertinacious
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Stubbornly Persistent Holding To a Belief or Position
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Metamorphosis
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A Change of Form, Shape, Substance
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Refrain
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To Hold Oneself Back, Forbear
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Foster
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To Stimulate, Promote, Encourage
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Supplant
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To Displace and Substitute For Another
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Whet
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To Make More Keen, Stimulate
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Akimbo
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With Hands on Hips and Elbows Extending Outward.
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Swarthy
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A Dark Color or Complexion
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Ruddy
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Having a Healthy, Reddish Color
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Exorbitant
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Excessive
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Veneer
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A Superficial or Deceptively Attractive Appearance, Facade
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Complicit
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Being An Accomplice in a Wrongful Act
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Obdurate
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Unyielding to Persuasion or Moral Influences
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Cajole
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To Urge, Coax
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Aggrandize
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To Increase or Make Greater
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Pulchritude
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Physical Beauty
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Torrid
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Giving Off Intense Heat, Passionate
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Sate
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To Satisfy (An Appetite) Fully
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Satiate
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To Satisfy Excessively
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Abort
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To Give Up an a Half-Finished Project
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Battery
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An Assault or an Array of Similar Things Intended For Use Together
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Compliment
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An Expression of Esteem or Approval
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Ethereal
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Heavenly, Exceptionally Delicate or Refined
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Sagacious
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Shrewd, Showing Sound Judgement
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Aloof
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Reserved, Distant
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Bard
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A Poet, Often a Singer As Well
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Travesty
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A Grossly Inferior Imitation
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Tragedy
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A Disastrous Event, or a Work of Art in Which the Hero Meets a Terrible Fate.
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Parody
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A Satirical Imitation
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Anomaly
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Something That Does Not Fit Into The Normal Order.
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Ubiquitous
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Existing Everywhere, Widespread
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Obsequious
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Excessively Compliant or Submissive
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Submissive
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Easily Yielding to Authority
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