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56 Cards in this Set
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imbue
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saturate
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mutability
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changeability
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prolific
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fertile
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caprice
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an impulsive change of mind
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scourge
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a whip used to inflict punishment
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revile
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to use abusive language
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enmity
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hatred
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dearth
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scarcity; lack of
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deportment
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behavior
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abyss
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bottomless pit; hell
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ludicrous
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ridiculous
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pristine
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primitive or original; uncorrupted
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wan
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unnaturally pale
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similitude
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similarity
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extant
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still in existence
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cabalistic
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mysterious
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tome
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large volume or book
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panoply
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complete armor of a warrior
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eldritch
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strange or unearthly
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venerable
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old and respected
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benevolence
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kindness; generosity
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apparition
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a ghostly figure
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temporal
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pertaining to time
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albeit
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although
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mountebank
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a trickster
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aver
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to affirm
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sunder
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to divide
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pillory
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to expose to ridicule and abuse
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chirurgical
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surgical
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exemplary
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worthy of being imitated; commendable
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nether
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beneath or below
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erudition
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extensive learning
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infernal
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relating to hell
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propagate
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to multiply or breed
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palliate
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to make less severe
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somniferous
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causing sleep
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odious
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hateful
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machination
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a plot or scheme
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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ethereal
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delicate; heavenly
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pith
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the central part of anything; the essence
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somnambulism
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sleep-walking
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zenith
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highest point
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expiation
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atonement
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torpid
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dormant; hibernating
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replete
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plentifully supplied
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scurrilous
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foul-mouthed
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portent
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omen
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abase
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to lower
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propensity
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a tendency
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effluence
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flowing out
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obviate
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to make unnecessary
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propinquity
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nearness; proximity
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sedulous
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industrious
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acrid
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harsh to taste or smell
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petulent
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unreasonably irritable
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