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20 Cards in this Set
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improvident
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lacking foresight or thrift
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emissary
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a person sent on a mission
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tendrils
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the threadlike parts of climbing plants
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poignant
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emotionally moving
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tentative
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hesitant, uncertain
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prophesied
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predicted; foretold
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feign
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pretend
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harbingers
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persons or things that announce what will follow
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devoid
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lacking; empty of
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esoteric
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intended for a chosen few
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voluble
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talkative
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incipient
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just beginning to exise
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tethered
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tied to a rope or chain
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guttural
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harsh, rasping; loosely produced in the trhoat
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requisite
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necessary, essential
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callow
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young and inexperienced; immature
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miscreant
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criminal; wicked
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caste
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a rigid social or occupational class or group
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ostracize
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to banish, cast out
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sonorous
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having a full, deep, rich sound
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