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52 Cards in this Set
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fructifying
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to make productive
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addled
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confused
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trifling
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unimportant; worthless
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strident
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irritating
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slack
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careless; neglegent
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irrevocable
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incapable of being altered
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metaphysical
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concerned with being, time, or substance; philosophy
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peripheral
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outer boundary
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furtive
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secretive
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catapulted
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launch; spring up suddently
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moronic
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borderline intelligence
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dismember
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mutilate; divide into parts
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acridness
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sharp or biting to the taste or smell
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pristine
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immaculate
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sadism
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hurting others for sexual pleasure; b3eing cruel for fun
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fraudulent
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not honest, true, or fair; designed to deceive
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malaise
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feeling of illness
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schemata
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underlining structure or pattern
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stultifying
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stupid; foolish
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dissipation
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excessive drinking
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insolent
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rude; insulting; disrespectful
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dirge
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funeral song expressing sorrow
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emasculation
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loss of power
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depravity
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moral corruption
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formalism
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strict adherence to traditional forms
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touchstone
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test for qualities of a thing
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inexplicable
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incapable of being accounted for
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rivulet
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small stream
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petulant
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angry; irritable
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epithet
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phrase that is negative
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gargoyle
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person with grotesque features
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harridan
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nasty bad tempered old woman
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ameliorate
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become better
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jaundiced
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bitter or prejudiced state of mind
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sorghum
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grain that syrup is made out of
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gelid
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extremely cold or icy
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eddy
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small current with whirling motion
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Vulcan
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ancient Roman god of fire
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chafe
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to make sore by rubbing
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swaddled
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to wrap in strips of cloth
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sloe
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having large dark eyes; from fuit of black thorn
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fastidious
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high standards; excessively particular
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bemused
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confused
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deluded
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mislead mind or judgement of
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moult/molt
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cast or shed feathers or skin
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extemporize
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improvise
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macabre
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gruesome and horrifying
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Maginot Line
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elaborate line of defense of barriers
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scythe
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long curved blade for cutting grass or grain
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inviolabe
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incapable of being violated
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surreptitiously
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done by secret
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satiety
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condition of being full beyond point of satisfaction
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