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25 Cards in this Set
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improvident
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(adj) not forseeing or providing for the future: wastefuly, not thrifty
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uncanny
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(adj) beyond ordinary or normal; mysterious, eerie, weird
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impending
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(adj. ) about to occur, threatening, menacing
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revered
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(verb) regarded with respect or awe; refers to something sacred
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emissary
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(noun) a delegate (someone on a specific mission), messenger
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abomination
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something detestible;extreme disgust or hatred; loathing
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brusqueness
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(adj. ) abrupt manner, blunt or rough
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atone
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(vb) to make up for errors or deficiencies
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harmattan
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(n) a dry, parching land breeze charged w/ dust
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copiously
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(adverb) having or yeilding an abundant supply
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esoteric
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(adj) understood by or meant for only a select few who have special knowledge or interest
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incipient
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(adj) beginning to exist or appear; in an initial shape
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specious
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( adj. ) pleasing to the eye but deceptive
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voluble
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( adj) characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words, fluent
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harbinger
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(n.) anything that goes on ahead
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ominous
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(adj) portending evil or harm, foreboding; having significance or of a omen
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excrement
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(n) feces; waste from the body
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callow
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(adj) immature or inexperienced
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FETISH
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any object or idea eliciting unquestioning reverence respect or devotion
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IMPUDENT
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shameless or brazenly immodest
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MISCREANT
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villainous, holding a false religous belief
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WAN
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lacking health or effectiveness
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PALAVER
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profuse iddle talk, chatter, a conference or discussion
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PACIFICATION
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to bring or restore a state of peace
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PRIMITIVE
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being the first or earliest kind of existance, unaffected by civilization
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