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40 Cards in this Set
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cairn
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a small mound of stones left as a memorial or landmark
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tors
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high craggy hills
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crenellated
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furnished with battlements
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efface
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erase
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propitious
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advantageous; favorable
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reproved
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reprimanded
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furtive
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sly
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peremptory
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commanding
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livid
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pallid
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inscrutable
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mysterious
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indelibly
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not easily removed
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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distrait
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inattentive; distracted
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pittance
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a small allowance
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equivocal
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doubtful or moral character
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incessant
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continuous
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coherently
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logically consistent
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reticent
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uncommunicative; silent
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incredulity
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disbelief
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immutable
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not susceptible to change
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incisive
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direct and decisive
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contrived
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managed
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tenacity
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courage
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imprudent
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careless
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precipitous
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very steep
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paroxysm
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a violent fit; convulsion
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stolid
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unemotional
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belated
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delayed beyond the usual time
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connoisseur
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expert; critical judge
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countenance
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look; expression
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surmise
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infer; imagine
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trivial
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commonplace; insignificant
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inexorably
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relentlessly
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inert
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unable to act
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defiled
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corrupted; sullied
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undulation
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rising and falling in waves
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consumptive
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suffering from tuberculosis
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purloined
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stolen
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specious
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plausible but not true
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incited
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stirred up; urged on
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