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34 Cards in this Set
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the grippe
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the flu
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ostracize
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to exclude from the group
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chiffonier
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dresser with drawers and mirrors
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inane
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lacking sense or significance; empty
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rostrum
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a raised platform for public speaking; a dais
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sadist
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someone who enjoys being cruel; a tormentor
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hound's tooth
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a fabric for clothing with a small checkered design
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"chew the rag"/"chew the fat"
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talk small with; "shoot the breeze "
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muffler
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scarf
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sexy
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obsessed with sex; sex-crazed; lustful; horny
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rile
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to agitate; to make angry
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racket
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a loud noise; a rip off or scam that earns money
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"to give the time to"
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to have sex with
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tiff
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a petty quarrel or small fit of anger
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Canasta
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a card game
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unscrupulous
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unprincipled; lacking good morals or a conscience
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gladstones
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traveling bags; suitcases; valises
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lousy
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a poor quality; inferior; loaded with
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incognito
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in disguise
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highball
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a light alcoholic drink; a cocktail
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yellow
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cowardly
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clavichord
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early form of the piano
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rubberneck
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person which slows down to look at an accident or crime scene
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bourgeois
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belonging to the middle class; materialistic, smug, conventional
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swanky
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luxurious; fancy
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the lunts
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a famous husband and wife acting team of the 1930s and 1940s
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blasè
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jaded and bored with life
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flit
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male homosexual
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Robert burns
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Scottish poet (1769-1796) whose poem " coming through the rye" was turned into a song that was popular in the 1940's and 1950's
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witty
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clever; funny
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digress
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to get off topic in one's writing or public speaking
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pedagogical
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relates to teaching or lecturing (from a know it all)
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affected
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fake; behaving in a phony way to impress people; pretentious
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gold ring
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on a carousel, if a rider reached out and grabbed it, he/she won a prize, usually a free ride
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