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25 Cards in this Set
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Arachnean
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Anything having to do with spiders; spider-like
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Caterwaul
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Harsh cry
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Colloquy
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Conversation; a dialogue; meeting
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Comity
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Friendly; social atmosphere
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Cybernation
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Control of certain processes by machines
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Diabolical
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Anything which is cruel or devilish; devilishly cruel
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Exiguous
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Something very small
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Indefatigable
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Something which is untiring
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Libertine
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Someone who lives an immoral life
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Liminal
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Beginning stage of a process
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Lothario
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Seducer of women
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Lugubrious
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Mournful; dysmal
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Mendacious
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not being truthful; lying
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Opprobrium
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Expression of disgrace; shameful
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Perorate
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To sum up; to conclude speech
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Pilgarlic
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Bald headed man
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Plaudit
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Expression of approval
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Pugnacious
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Someone who likes to fight; corolsome
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Postulate
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To claim something is true without proof
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Serendipitous
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Fortunate event that happens by accident
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Snollygoster
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Someone who is very unprincipled
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Solipsism
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Self-centered; concerned with self
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Sybarite
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You live a life of self-indulgence; a person devoted to luxury and pleasure
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Trencherman
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Someone who eats a lot
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Truculent
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To be aggressive; pugnacious
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