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50 Cards in this Set
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TRAUMATIC
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EMOTIONAL WOUNDING
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VOLATILITY
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VARY OFTEN OR WIDELY IN PRICE
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TARMAC
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AIRPORT RUNWAY (WHEN CANDIDATES GIVE SPEECHES)
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APPARITION
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ghostly figure
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TUMULTUOUS
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NOISY AND DISORDERLY
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SCRUTINIZE
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EXAMINE WITH GREAT CARE
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SHTICK
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WHAT YOUR KNOWN FOR
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SVELTE
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SLENDER OR GRACEFUL IN FIGURE; SLIM
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GLASNOST
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MORE OPENESS WHEN DISCUSSING POLITICS
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DOMESTIC
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relating to family
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HARBINGER
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ONE THAT INDICATES OR FORESHADOWS WHAT IS TO COME
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HUBRIS
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OVERLLY COCKY, OVERBEARING PRIDE
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PRAGMATISM
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MAATERFACT WAY OF ASSESING SITUATIONS OR SOLVING PROBLEMS
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DETENTE
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RELAXING OF TENSION BETWEEN RIVALS
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TABLOIDS
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NEWSPAPERS WITH NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM
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PRURIENT
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matters of sex
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TITILATING
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TO EXCITE PLEASURABILY
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CACHE
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STORE OF GOODS IN A HIDING PLACE
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PLETHORA
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an excess
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ONUS
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DIFFICULT OR DISAGREEABLE RESPONSIBILITY; BURDEN, OBLIGATION
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CLANDESTINE
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KEPT OR DONE IN SECRET TO CONCEAL UNPROPER PURPOSE
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ABORIGINES
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EARLIEST KNOWN PEOPLE TO A REGION
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NEMESIS
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SOURCE OF HARM OR RUIN
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EUPHORIA
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FEELING OF GREAT HAPPINESS
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MARTIN LUTHER KING
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CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
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PREMONITORY
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FOREWARNING
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ANTIPATHY
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STRONG FEELING OF REVERSION
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BENIGN
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OF A KIND AND GENTLE DISPOSITION
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CHICANERY
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DECEPTION BY TRICKERY
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VERACITY
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ADHERENCE FOR TRUTH; TRUTHFULLNESS
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TRENCHANT
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FORCEFUL, EFFECTIVE OR INVIGORATING
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STRIDENT
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LOUD, HARSH, GRATING OR SHRILL
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PRECURSOR
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INDICATES SOMETHING TO COME
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PERNICIOUS
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TENDING TO CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY
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PALPABLE
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EASILY PERCIEVED; OBVIOUS
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EUPHONIUS
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PLEASING TO THE EAR
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MARKED
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CLEARLY DEFINED
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ERUDITE
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DEEP WIDE LEARNING
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EFFETE
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DEPLETED OF VITALITY, FORCE OR EFFECTIVENESS
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DILATORY
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INTENDED TO DELAY
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STENTORIAN
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EXTREMELY LOUD
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VAGARIES
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EXTRAVEGANT OR ERRATIC NOTION OR ACTION
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VITRIOLIC
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BITTERLY SCATHING
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TACITURN
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habitually untalkitive
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apothegm
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TERSE, WITTY, INSTRUCTIVE SAYING
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ENIGMATIC
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BEING PUZZLING OR INEXPLICABLE
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INTERNECINE
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MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE
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SYCOPHANTIC
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SEEKS FAVOR BY FLATTERING INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
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LUGRIBRIOUS
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MOURNFUL, DISMAL, GLOOMY
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ADMONITION
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cautionary advice/ warning
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