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45 Cards in this Set
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Cloying
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Too sweet or excessively flattering
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Aphorism
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Statement of general truth
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Adipose
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Fatty
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Euphony
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Pleasant combo of sounds
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Laconic
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Not talkative
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Prate
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Babble
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Abstruse
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Hard to understand
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Pedagogical
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Scholarly and boring
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Contumacious
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Stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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Encomium
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Expression of high praise
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Avocation
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Hobby
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Ribald
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Irreverent or vulgar
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Covey
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Group of quail
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Cataclysm
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Deluge or flood
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Epithet
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Insult
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Tautologous
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Needless repetition of an idea; redundant
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Propinquity
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Nearness in time or space
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Effluvium
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Unpleasant odor
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Melange
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Mixture of elements
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Adventitious
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Extrinsic; associated with chance rather than an integral part
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Procumbent
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Lying down on face; prostrate
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Zephyr
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Breeze
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Chamois
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Soft cloth made from leather
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Chintz
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Printed cotton fabric
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Bengaline
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Corded fabric (i.e. silk, wool, synthetic)
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Fulgurant
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Resembling lightning
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Canaille
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Rabble
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Fulminant
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Attacking suddenly
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Unctuous
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Fawning or ingratiating
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Gauche
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Lacking social grace; awkward
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Bumptious
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Impertinent
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Recondite
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Dealing with difficult subject matter; abstruse
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Venial
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Forgivable
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Peccadillo
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Small offense
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Spendthrift
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Squanderer; prodigal
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Lenity
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quality or state of being mild or gentle
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Virulence
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Venomous hostility.
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Penurious
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Extremely stingy
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Recumbent
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Lying down
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Supine
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Lying down on back
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Avidity
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Greediness
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Desultory
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Without a plan
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Probity
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Honesty
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Predilection
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Having positive feelings towards
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Spoonerism
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Transposing initial or other sounds of words (i.e., blushing crow, crushing blow)
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