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20 Cards in this Set
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blissful; rendering or making blessed
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beatific
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a creature of enormous size, power or appearnace.
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behemoth
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anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing
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blandishment
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harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant
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cacophonous
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trickery, deceptive practices or tactic, double-dealing
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chicanery
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to give over to another's care, charge or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use
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consign
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a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or strategem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership
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coup
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a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute
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euphemism
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feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic.
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febrile
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to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute; oppose
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gainsay
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about to happen, threatening
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imminent
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natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
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innate
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unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
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loath
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clear, evident to the eyes or mind. to show plainly, exhibit, evince. A list of cargo and/or passengers
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manifest
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small or trivial details, trifling matters
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minutiae
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a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay
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moratorium
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an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
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nostrum
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one who is rejected by a social group or organization
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pariah
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not practical, lacking in ralism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight
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visionary
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dry, shrunken and wrinkled
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wizened
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