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79 Cards in this Set
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filigree
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delicate, lace-like metalwork
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flout, to
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to reject
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foible
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weakness, sight fault
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foppish
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vain about dress and appearance
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forebearance
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patience
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forestall, to
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to prevent by taking action in advance
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fractious
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unruly
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franchise
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right granted by authority
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freshet
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sudden flood
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frowzy
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slovenly, unkempt, dirty
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fulminate, to
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to thunder, to explode (against someone)
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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gadfly
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animal-biting fly; irritating person
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gainsay, to
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to deny; to speak or act against
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gambit
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opening in a chess match in which a piece is sacrificed
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gambol, to
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to skip, leap playfully
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garner, to
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to gather
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garrulity
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talkativeness
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gauntlet
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leather glove
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genre
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style of art illustrating scenes of common life
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genteel
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well-bred, elegant
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genuflect
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to bend the knee in worship
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gibe, to
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to mock
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glib
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fluent
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glutinous
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sticky, viscous
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gourmand
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epicure (excessively)
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grouse, to
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to complain, to fuss
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guarrulous
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talkative, loquacious
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guileless
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without deceit
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habiliments
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garb, clothing
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hackneyed
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commonplace, trite
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful
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hale
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healthy
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hap
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chance, luck
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harangue
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noisy, ranting speech
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hauteur
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haughtiness
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hagemony
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dominance
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hegira
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flight, escape
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hermetic
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obscure and mysterious; occult
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heterodox
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unorthodox
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histrionic
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theatrical
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hoary
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white with age
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homily
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sermon
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hoyden
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boisterous girl
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hummock
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small hill
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hyperborean
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situated in the extreme north
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished traditions
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ignoble
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of lowly origin
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ignominious
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disgraceful
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imbroglio
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complicated situation
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imbrue, to
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to drench, to stain (especially with blood)
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immolate, to
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to offer as a sacrifice
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immolation
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sacrifice
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immure, to
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to imprison
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impalpable
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inperceptible, intangible
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impavid
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fearless, intrepid, dauntless
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impecunious
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without money
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impeity
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irreverance, wickedness
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implacable
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incapable of being pacified
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impolitic
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unwise
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importune, to
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to entreat urgently or persistantly
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impugn, to
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to doubt, to challenge, to gainsay
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impute, to
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to attribute, to ascribe; to charge (of a crime)
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inchoate
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recently begun; rudimentary, elementary; without order
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incisive
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cutting, sharp
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incongruity
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lack of harmony, absurdity
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incorporeal
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immaterial, without a material body
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increment
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increase
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incubus
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demon; oppressive burden or preoccupation; nightmare
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indolence
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laziness
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inductive
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pertains to making a generalization after observing the specific
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ineffable
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undescribable
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ineluctable
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irresistible, unavoidable
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inertia
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being indisposed to move
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inexorable
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relentless, unyielding, implacable
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inimical
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unfriendly, hostile
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inscrutable
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incomprehensible, not to be discovered
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insensate
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without feeling
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insipid
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tasteless, dull
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