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25 Cards in this Set
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amenity
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agreeable ways or manner
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anathema
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a vigrous denunciation or one who is intensly disliked
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atypical
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unusual or abnormal
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balky
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refusing to preceed in an expected direction
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bourgeouis
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a persion with the traits or viewpoints of the middle class
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concert
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agreement and purpose
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confluence
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a coming together
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corpulence
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the state of being very fat
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dirge
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funeral hymn, lament
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disconcerting
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upsetting, frusterating
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endemic
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pecular to or a trait of a group or area
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focus
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to concentrate
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hilarity
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boisterous merriment, mirth, extreme happiness
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quixotic
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idealistic, but empractical
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reserve
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self restraint
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stasis
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motionlessness, stagnation
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indict
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to charge or accuse
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latent
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not visible, dormant
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monumental
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massive
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myriad
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a very large and indefinite number
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oscillating
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moving back and forth, varying
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pithy
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concise and meaningful
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premeditated
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thought out, beforeband
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presage
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something that foreshadows a future event
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warranted
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justified
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