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24 Cards in this Set
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insouciant
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unconcerned, nonchalant, carefree
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abscond
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to depart secretly, hoping to avoid capture
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translucent
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clear; easily understandable
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roiled
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to make muddy my stirring sediment; to disturb
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fecundity
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fertility
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tremulous
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timorous, shaking, characterized by trembling
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eidetic
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vivid recall of visual images, as in memories
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memento mori
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a reminder of mortality/death
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racemes
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flowers borne on short pedicels on a common axis; flower clusters
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resilient
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rebounding, recovering easily
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purgation
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ceremonial cleansing; an act of getting rid of something disagreeable
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vulnerable
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susceptible to being wounded or hurt
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sinuosity
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bending shape; having curves
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turgid
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swollen, bombastic, excessively ornate
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plaintively
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expressing sorrow; mournful
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hagiography
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an idolized biography of a person-- a saint
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vestigial
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relating to a body part that lost its use
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purulent
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full of or causing pus production
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gratuitous
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given without charge or payment
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etiolated
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to cause a plant to get weak or grow pale by lack of light
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susurrus
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soft murmuring, whisper
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pavane
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slow dance from the 16th century (or the music for it)
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elodea
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awuatic plants of genus Elodea (whorled leaves)
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juggernaut
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large, destructive force or object
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