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26 Cards in this Set
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acquiescence
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passive assent or agreement without protest
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stupefaction
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great astonishment
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delaminate
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to split into thin layers
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carping
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naggingly critical or complaining
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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louvered
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a framed opening, fitted with slats for admitting air and light
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maudlin
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tearfully sentimental
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prodigious
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impressively great in size
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beneficence
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state or quality of being kind
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impish
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michievous
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impertinence
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quality of exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
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sagacious
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having or showing keen discernment
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exsiccate
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to dry up
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effluent
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an outflow from a sewer; something that flows out
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riven
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to rend of tear apart
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mawkish
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excessively and objectively sentimental
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tartan
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any of numerous textile patterns consisting of stripes of varying widths and colors
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prescient
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having knowledge of actions or events before they occur
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austerity
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severity or sternness in disposition
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rakish
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dashingly or sportingly stylish
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reprobate
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morally unprincipled person
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protentous
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full of ambiguous significance; foreboding
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panache
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vitality; liveliness
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hackneyed
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overfamiliar through overuse; trite
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sate
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to satisfy
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festoon
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a string of garland suspended in a loop or curve between to points
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