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150 Cards in this Set
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Lachrymose
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Tearful
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Protégé
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one helped by a protector
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sciamachy
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fighting with shadows
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gnosis
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intuitive religious knowledge
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Occident
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the western world
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gesticulate
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to gesture
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perquisite
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a job benefit
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elegant
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cleverly simple
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pragmatism
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practicality
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irascible
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quick-tempered
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casuistry
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specious reasoning
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incorrigible
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not correctable
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renascent
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showing new life
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recumbent
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reclining
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metamorphosis
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change of shape
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holocaust
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great loss of life
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predicate
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to base upon
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convoluted
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intricately complicated
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extrovert
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a sociable person
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eloquent
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persuasively expressive
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scintillate
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to sparkle
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labyrinth
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a maze
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catarrh
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runny nose or throat
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substratum
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a foundation
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insipid
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boring
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sentient
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conscious
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immure
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to wall in
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ecumenical
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universal
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bonhomie
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good-naturedness
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Introvert
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an introspective person
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heterogeneous
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of varied composition
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osculate
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to kiss
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ultimatum
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final demand
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hypostyle
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clumned or pillared
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diapason
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a surge of harmony
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anathema
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a curse
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osseous
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bony
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antithesis
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an opposite thought
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garrulous
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trivially verbose
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salient
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standing out or projecting
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sapient
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wise
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tergiversate
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to desert
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indigenous
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native
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idiosyncrasy
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peculiar behavior
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platitude
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a flat trite remark
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ubiquitous
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present everywhere
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succinct
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brief and clear
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aggravate
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to worsen
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umbrageous
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shady
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ignis fatuus
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a delusion
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diaspora
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dispersion of people
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engender
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to bring into being
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grandiloquent
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bombastic
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paroxysm
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sudden convulsion
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ulterior
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not disclosed
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ostracize
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to totally reject
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opulent
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rich
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obdurate
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hardhearted
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kleptomaniac
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pathological thief
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exquisite
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of rare quality
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homunculus
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a little man
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magnifico
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important person
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paleontology
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geology of prehistoric life
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evoke
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to call forth
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subsume
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to include
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calumniate
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to slander
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trident
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three-pronged spear
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latitude
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freedom from restriction
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impassive
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insensible to pain
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permeate
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to spread throughout
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insouciant
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carefree
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proclivity
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discreditable tendency
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persona non grata
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unwelcome person
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improvident
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without foresight
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disingenuous
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lacking frankness
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bathos
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false sentimentality
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simulacrum
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a semblance or sham
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cogitate
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to think deeply
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antereior
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at the front
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erratum
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an error in writing
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hyperborean
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arctic
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finite
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measuragle
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gravamen
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essential complaint
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contusion
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a bruise
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fusillade
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firearm outpouring
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distend
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to stretch out
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pro rata
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proportionate
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exhoratatory
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urging
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sanguinary
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bloody
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anthropoid
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humanlike
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obviate
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to make unnecessary
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redound
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to reflect on
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atavism
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a throwback
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sapid
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pleasing in taste
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gradient
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slope
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occlude
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to block a passage
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emolument
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payment
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dyspepsia
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indigestion
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esritoire
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writing table
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intrinsic
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inherent
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epithet
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adisparaging name
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circumspect
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cautious
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toponym
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place name
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amorphous
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without shape
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superfluous
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unnecessary
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stratify
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to form layers
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sarcasm
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sneering remarks
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acrimony
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bitterness
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paradox
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a self-contradictory truth
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onerous
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laborious
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indurate
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to make callous
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coherent
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sticking together
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cognate
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of common ancestry
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aperature
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an opening
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exuviae
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castoff skin or shell
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incipient
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just beginning
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concatenate
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to chain together
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incorporeal
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not consisting of matter
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perspicuous
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brilliantly clear
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ingenuous
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innocent and naive
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impetus
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driving force
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prima facie
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at first sight, obvious
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surcease
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an end
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ipso facto
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by the very fact
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plenary
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full
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vertiginous
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dizzying
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attrition
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wearing away
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unique
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one of a kind
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inundate
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to flood
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procure
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to obtain
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necromancy
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sorcery
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phantasmagoria
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rapidly changing images
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anomaly
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abnormality
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preclude
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to foreclose
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circumscribe
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to limit
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gratuitous
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uncalled-for
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impedimenta
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hindering bagage
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soi-disant
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self-styled
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tactile
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pertaining to touch
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similitude
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resemblance
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pointillism
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dot-painting
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turbid
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muddy or muddled
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turgid
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swollen
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permutation
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complete transformation
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convoke
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call together
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lugubrious
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full of mourning
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manifest
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evident
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extirpate
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to root out
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surfeit
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excess
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pellucid
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crystal clear
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