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120 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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to be able to keep and retain ideas
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arrogate
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take without right
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banal
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commonplace
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belabor
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to work excessively
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carping
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naggy criticism
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coherent
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tending to stick together
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid
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emulate
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to imitate
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encomium
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formal expression of praise
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eschew
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to avoid or shun
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germane
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relative to the topic at hand
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insatiable
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unable to be satisfied
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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invidious
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offensive, hateful
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largesse
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generousity in giving
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reconnaissance
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a military survey
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence
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taciturn
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inclined to talk very little
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temporize
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to stall or act evasively
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tenable
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capable of being defended
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accost
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to approach and speak to first
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animadversion
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a comment of strong criticism or disproval
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brackish
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salty and unpleasant to drink
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celerity
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swiftness in action or motion
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devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course
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gambit
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a strategy
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halcyon
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time of peace
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their technique
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incendiary
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deliberately setting or causing fires
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avid
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desirous of something to the point of greed
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maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size
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myopic
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nearsighted
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overt
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open not hidden
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pejorative
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tending to make worse
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propreity
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state of being proper
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sacrilege
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improper treatment of something held sacred
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summarily
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without delay
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suppliant
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asking humbly
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talisman
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an object that serves as a charm
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undulate
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wave like motion
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articulate
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to pronounce clearly
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cavort
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to make merry
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credence
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belief, acceptance
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decry
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to express strong disapproval
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal
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distraught
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very agitated
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eulogy
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high praise
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evince
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to display clearly
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exhume
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to remove from a grave
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feckless
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lacking in spirit
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murky
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lacking in clarity
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nefarious
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known for evil
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piquant
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simulating to taste or mind
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primordial
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developed or created at very beginning
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propinquity
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nearness in place
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unwonted
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not usual
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utopian
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founded upon or involving visionary views
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verbiage
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language that is wordy
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verdant
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forestlike
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viscous
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having a gluey quality
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acuity
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sharpness
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delineate
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to portray or sketch
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depraved
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marked by evil
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enervate
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to weaken and lessen
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esoteric
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intended to be understood by few
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fecund
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fruitful in offsprings
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fiat
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an arbitrary order
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figment
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a fabrication of the mind
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garner
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to acquire as the result of
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hallow
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to set apart as holy
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idiosyncrasy
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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish
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ignominy
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shame and disgrace
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mundane
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earthy, concerned with what is ordinary
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nuance
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a subtle or slight variation
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overweening
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conceited, excessive
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penchant
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a strong attraction
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reputed
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according to general beliefs
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sophistry
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reasoning that seems plausible but is actual wrong
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sumptuous
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costly, rich
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ubiquitous
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present everywhere
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grouse
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to complain
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incarcerate
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to imprison
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incumbent
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one who holds office at the time
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jocular
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humorous
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ludicrous
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ridiculous, absurd
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mordant
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sharply or bitterly harsh
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nettle
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a prickly or stinging plant
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pecuniary
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relating to money
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pusillanimopus
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mean spirited
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recumbent
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in a reclining position
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atrophy
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to waste away
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bastion
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stronghold
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concord
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state of agreement
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consummate
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complete in the highest degree
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disarray
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disorder and confusion
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exigency
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urgency
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flotsam
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floating debris
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frenetic
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frenzied
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glean
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to gather bit by bit
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stratagem
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a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent
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abject
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degraded, complete and unrelieved
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agnostic
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one believes nothing can be known about god, without faith
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comlicity
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involvement in wrongdoing
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derelict
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left abandoned
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diatribe
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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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crude image of a despised person
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equity
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the state of being fair
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inane
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silly, empty of meaning
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indictment
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the act of accusing
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indubitable
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certain, not to be doubted
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intermittent
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stopping and beginning
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moot
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open to discussion
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motif
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a principal idea
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neophyte
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a new convert, a beginner
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perspicacity
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keenness in observation
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plenary
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complete in all aspects or essentials
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surveillance
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a watch kept over something
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sylvan
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pertain to the forests
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testy
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easily irritated
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travesty
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a disguise
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