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25 Cards in this Set
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acerbic
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sour or bitter as in character taste or tone
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august
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inspiring awe or aspiration; venerable because of age or rank
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cacophony
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a jarring, discordant sound
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charlatan
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a quack or fraud; one who makes elaborate fraudulent claims
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debacle
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a sudden collapse, downfall, or defeat; a total, often ludicrous, failure
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deter
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to discourage a person from doing somthing
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disheveled
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being in loose disarray; unkempt; untidy or disordered
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eradicate
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to get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots
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exorbitant
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exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness; excessive
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futile
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having no useful result; trifling and frivolous; useless
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iconoclast
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one who attacks traditional or popular ideas or institutions
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inchoate
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in an initial or early stage; imperfectly developed
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insurmountable
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unable to be overcome
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iridescent
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producing a display of lustrous rainbowlike colors
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maudlin
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tearfully sentimental
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nostalgia
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a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past
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panacea
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deliberate breach of faith or violation of trust; treachery
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perfidy
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deliberate breach of faith or violation of trust; treachery
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plunder
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to rob of goods by force, esp. in time of war; pillage
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prodigious
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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous; extraordinary
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retribution
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something given or demanded in repayment, especially punishment
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saunter
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to stroll leisurely
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soporific
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inducing or tending to induce sleep
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surmise
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to infer (something) without sufficient evidence
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truncate
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to shorten by or as if by cutting off
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