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25 Cards in this Set
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Aperture
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Opening - a small hole or slit in something
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Atavism
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Reappearance of a characteristic or behavior that has been gone for a while
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Avatar
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Embodiment of a concept - the archetype
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Barrister
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A lawyer
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Bibliophile
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A lover of books
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Bilious
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Someone who is nasty, grumpy, cranky
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Canard
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A false, deliberetly misleading story
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Cismontaine
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Anything that is situated on the sides of a mountain
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Escarpment
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A very steep slope or cliff
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Farrago
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An assortment of various things
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Gainsay
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To deny
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Garrulous
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Someone who is very talkative - who likes people
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Hermeneutic
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To interpret
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Histrionic
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Someone who is excessively dramatic
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Hoary
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Anything gray or white with age
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Mendacious
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Someone who is a liar
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Mendicant
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A begger
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Nuance
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A very suittle or slight degree of difference
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Perfidy
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Treachery
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Pharisee
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Ancient Jewish set that strictly follows rules of moses - someone who is hypocritical, self-ritcheous
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Portmanteau
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A large suitcase, generally with two compartments
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Quid pro quo
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This for that
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Raffish
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Showy in a cheap and vulgar manner
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Recidivism
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Tendancy to lapse into a previous pattern of behavior
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Recondite
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Information that is very difficult to understand
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