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19 Cards in this Set
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One who prays humbly for something
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Supplicant
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A plant clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes
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Topiary
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Of or pertaining to Counterpoint- Composed to two or more relitively independent melodies sounded together
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Contrapuntal
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Of or relating to a talisman- Stone ring or other object supposed to posses occculate powers and worn as an amulate or charm
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Talismanic
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A ghostly double or a counterpart to a living person
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Doppelganger
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Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
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Sanguine
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One who is chronologically missplaced
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Anachronistic
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A person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes
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Philistine
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knowledge of a future event or situation, esp. through extrasensory means
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Precognition
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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal
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Surrealistic
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the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism
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Jingoistic
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not harmful or injurious; harmless
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Innocuous
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causing or tending to cause sleep
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Soporific
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to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal... TO PUT AN END TO!
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Abrogated
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lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless
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Amorphous
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a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation
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Stigmata
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a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal
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Gargoyle
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unreal; imaginary; visionary
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Chimerical
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It refers to the willingness of the reader or viewer to accept as true the premises ofa work of fiction even if they are impposible or contradictory
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Willing suspension of Disbeliefe
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