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40 Cards in this Set
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incriminating
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accusing; causing to seem guilty; implicating
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deluged
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flooded
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eulogies
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speaches in honor of someone
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paraphernalia
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accoutrements; all the needed trimmings/stuff
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ponderous
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heavy, weighty
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imperiously
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royal, domineering or overbearing
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impotence
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powerless; having no power
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neutrality
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not choosing sides
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tomes
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books, volumes
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saboteurs
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people who set out to destroy
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shrapnel
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shards/pieces of bombs and/or weapons
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retaliated
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got back at; revenged
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perpetually
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on-going, continually
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denunciation
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public condemnation; public put down
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consternation
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dismay
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colleagues
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co-workers
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merited
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earned; rewarded
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palates
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tastes in food or design
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infinitesimal
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very tiny
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taciturn
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untalkative, quiet
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rapturous
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exctatic; fill with great joy
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premonition
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forshadowing, knowing something ahead of time
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astronomical
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to the skies
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contaminated
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made unclean
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Gestapo
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German secret police
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ignominy
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humiliation, totally unknown
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prodigy
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gifted beyond normal standards
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sparsely
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at widely spaced intervals
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spectacles
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eyeglasses
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remonstrated
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to say in protest or rebuke
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edict
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decree by an authority having the force of a law;
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auspicious
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proud, honored
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venerable
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honorable
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daunted
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stopped by fear; discouraged
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ration
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a fixed portion or allotment
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liaison
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a person who is the go between
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tantalizing
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teasing, enticing
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susceptible
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easily affected
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unabashedly
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not embarrassed
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eminence
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greatness
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