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45 Cards in this Set
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chasm gorge
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abyss
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come to pass
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befall
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pivitol, vital
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crucial
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grounds, lees, residue, leftovers
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dregs
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encompass
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embody
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vex, try one's patience
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exasperate
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distaster, flop, bomb
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fiasco
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embellish, gussy up
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garnish
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legecy, descent, pedigree
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heritage
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motionless, sluggish, lethargic
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inert
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grasping, avaricious
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mercenary
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careless, neglegent, remiss, derelict
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negligent
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obscurity, nothingness
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oblivion
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work, composition, piece, oeuvre
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opus
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colorless, bloodless, ashen, dull
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pallid
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moral tale, fable, allegory
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parable
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logical
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rational
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mutual
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reciprocal
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restraint
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stricture
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facing, overlay, facade, pretense
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veneer
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rickety, unstable, run-down, dilapidated
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ramshackle
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endless, unlimited, inexhasuted
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infinite
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peddler, hawker, dealer, merchant
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vendor
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to part company; to alienate
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estrange
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financially sound; in the black
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solvent
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mild, soothing, dull, insipid
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bland
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to wipe out, erase, expunge, efface
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obliterate
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regulate, alter, acclimate
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adapt
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witness, verify, confirm, corraborate
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attest
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mesh, jive, harmonize
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dovetail
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atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness
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enormity
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waver
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falter
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misgiving, presentiment, premonition
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foreboding
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woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic
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forlorn
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disdainful, supercilious
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haughty
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obdtruction, stumbling block
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impediment
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goof off, shirk
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malinger
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terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling
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pithy
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pillage, loot, sack, spoils, pelf
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plunder
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snicker, smirk, titter, giggle
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simper
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loyal, faithful unwavering
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steadfast
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trumpted, herald
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vaunted
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malign, defame, deigrate, traduce
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vilify
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stray, ragamuffin, street urchin
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waif
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dryly amusing, ironic, droll
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wry
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