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37 Cards in this Set
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Entrails
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The internal parts of the trunk of an animal body
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Reaping
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To cut with a sickle or other implement or a machine as a harvest
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Apothecary
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A druggist, a pharmacist
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Iridescent
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Displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow
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Paraffin
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A white or colores, tasteless, ordorles
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Tesserae
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one of the smallest pieces used in mosaic work
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Meager
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Deficient inquantity
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Racketeers
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A person engaged in a rocket
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Sustenance
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Means of sustaining life
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Tribute
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A gift, testimonial, complimen, or the like given as a due or in acknowledgment
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Repentance
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Deep sorrow, compunction or contribtion for the past
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Treason
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The offense of acting to over throw ones government or to harm or kill
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Synonymous
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Having the character of synonymous
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Tenuous
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Thin or slender in form as a thread
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Plaited
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A braid especially of hair or straw
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Insurmontable
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Not capable of being surmounted
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Maces
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A heavey club with a spiked metal head. Used in medieval times
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Anti-Climactic
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Accompanied by an anti climax
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Sanctioned
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Permission or approval
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Demeanor
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Conduct behavior
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Decrepit
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Weakened by old age
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Inexplicable
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Unable to be explained or accounted for
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Tureen
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Serving dish for food
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Cornucopia
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A horn containing food, dronks
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Swathe
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To wrap, blind, or swaddle with bands
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Affectations
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An effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed
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Adversaries
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A person, group or force that opposes or attacks
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Deluged
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A great flood of water
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Oblivious
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Unaware, unconscious, unmindful
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Surly
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Rude or bad tempered
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Sic
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To attack
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Irredeemably
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Not redeemable
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Mediocre
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Of only ordinary of moderate quality
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Banal
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So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
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Ferocity
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Quality or state
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Gossamer
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Cobweb seen on grass or bushes
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Anecdote
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A short account of a particular incibent or event
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