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55 Cards in this Set
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circumlocution
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Overblown / Wordy
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grandiloquent
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Overblown / Wordy
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periphrastic
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Overblown / Wordy
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prolix
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Overblown / Wordy
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turgid
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Overblown / Wordy
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verbose
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Overblown / Wordy
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defer
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Pacicify / Satisfy
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placate
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Pacificy / Satisfy
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propitiate
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Pacificy / Satisfy
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slake
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Pacificy / Satisfy
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euponious
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Pleasant-sounding
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melodious
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Pleasant-sounding
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sonorous
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Pleasant-sounding
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destitute
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Poor
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esurient
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Poor
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impecunious
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Poor
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indigent
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Poor
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accolade
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Praise
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aggrandize
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Praise
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encomium
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Praise
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eulogize
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Praise
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extol
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Praise
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venerate / veneration
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Praise
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augur
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Predict
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auspice
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Predict
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fey
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Predict
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harbinger
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Predict
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portentous
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Predict
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presage
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Predict
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prescient
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Predict
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prognosticate
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Predict
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encumber
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Prevent / Obstruct
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fetter
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Prevent / Obstruct
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forfend
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Prevent / Obstruct
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occlude
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Prevent / Obstruct
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canny
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Smart
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erudite
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Smart
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perspicacious
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Smart
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disconsolate
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Sorrow
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doleful
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Sorrow
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dolor
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Sorrow
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elegiac
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Sorrow
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forlorn
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Sorrow
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lugubrious
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Sorrow
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morose
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Sorrow
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plaintive
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Sorrow
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threnody
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Sorrow
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implacable
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Stubborn
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inexorable
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Stubborn
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intractable
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Stubborn
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obdurate
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Stubborn
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obstinate
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Stubborn
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refractory
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Stubborn
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renitent
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Stubborn
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untoward
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Stubborn
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