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53 Cards in this Set
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Aberration
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deviation from the rule, abnormality, abomaly, irregularity
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anachronism
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error in chronology, out of time and place historically
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anomaly
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irregularity, deviation from the common rule
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antithetical
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direct and unequivocal opposition
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divergent
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deviating, contradictory
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paradox
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contradiction in terms, inconsistency, seemingly contradictory but could be true
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Just making sure
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Sweden
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corroborate
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substantiate, agree with, confirm, to support with evidence
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Substantiate
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authenticate, validate, prove, confirm
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Validate
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authenticate, make lawful, confirm
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Get out of my way, Man!
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Get out of my way, Man!
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impede
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delay, obstruct, hinder, hold back
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preclude
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prevent, exclude
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stymie
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Prevent, thwart, block
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thwart
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to stop, foil, prevent
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I have a hankering....
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I have a hankering....
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affinity
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attraction towward comething, preference for
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penchant
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inclination, strong like for something, predilection
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predilection
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partially, preference for something
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proclivity
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appetite for, inclination, tendency, penchant
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propensity
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predisposition, partially, inclined
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Waste no Want it All
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Waste no Want it All
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Improvident
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wasteful, spendthrift, imprudent
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imprudent
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reckless, irrespondible, NOT judicious or careful
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indigent
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destitute, penniless, impoverished, poor
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penurious
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penniless, impecunious, poverty-stricken, destitute, indigent, POOR
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prodigal
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wasteful, reckless, profligate, extravagant
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profligate
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squandering, wasteful, extravagant
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squander
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to spend extravagantly or foolishly, to lose thru negligence or inaction
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squalor
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live in poverty, filty, dirtiness
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To Give ro not to GIVE or pinching pennies until Lincoln screams OUCH!
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To Give ro not to GIVE or pinching pennies until Lincoln screams OUCH!
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largess
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liberally giving money, generous
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magnanimous
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noble, generous, high-minded
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munificent
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generous, openhanded
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frugal
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economical, penny pinching
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parsimonious
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thrifty, economical
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The Wondering Kind
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The Wondering Kind
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Conjecture
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supposition, guess
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speculate
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contemplate, hypothesize, conjecture
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extrapolate
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conjecture, to infer something from something that is known
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Oddballs and weird ones
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Oddballs and weird ones
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Eccentric
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oddball, peculiar, strange, deviating from established conduct
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exotic
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unusual, foreign, strange
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idiosyncratic
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unique to an individual, distinctive, eccentric
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My Poor Tympanum!
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My Poor Tympanum!
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cacophony
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disharmony, harsh, dissonance
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frenetic
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chaotic, hectic, frenzied
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raucous
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grating, rasping, boisterously disorderly
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conorous
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booming, loud, resonant
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strident
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loud, clamorous, shrill, raucous
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tumult
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commotion, uproar
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vociferous
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loud, raucous, vocal
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When there were kings: Louis, George, Vitoria, Napoleon
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When there were kings: Louis, George, Vitoria, Napoleon
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