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49 Cards in this Set
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Behaving as if one is on the verge of having a stroke
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Apoplectic
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Sharply
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Tartly
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Principles;elements;Subjects to be learned
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Rudiments
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Carefully;cautiously
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Gingerly
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small strictures used to store corn
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Corncribs
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tilted to one side
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AList
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Distinctive features or characteristics
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Lineaments
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all the new clothes a bride brings to her marriage
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trousseau
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delayed,waited
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Tarried
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an apparatus for making alcoholic liquors
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still
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noisy unruly
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obstreperous
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a natural part of something
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innate
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simple; innocent
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ingenuous
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a oriental tobacco pipe
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hookah
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craftiness and cunningin dealling with others
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gulie
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politely; in the manner of a gentleman
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Gallantly
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put on
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Donned
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to sing in low, gentle tone
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Croon
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a child secretly put in place of another
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Changelings
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a dessert made up of mixture of fruits, nuts and coconuts
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Ambrosia
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to overwhelm something until its powerless
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Quell
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Braided
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Plaited
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a deviation or moving away from, somethnig that is normal
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aberration
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TO use a kinfe to cut away thin shavings of wood
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whittle
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stuck
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CLeaved
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becoming less bright,intense, or strong
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waning
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quick growing vine with large leaves,often found ion the southern U.S
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Kudzu
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type of cabbage with coarse leaves
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Collards
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Untouched or Unused
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Unsullied
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type of arguing where you azoid the main point by bringing up petyy details
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Quibbling
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Education;instruction
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Edification
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Stupid;silly
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asinine
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sweet table grape,grown chiefly in the SOuthern U.S
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Scuppernongs
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favorable
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Auspicious
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ghost or spirit; someone or something scary
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Haint
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Mean or Cross
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Fractious
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release from obligation or promise
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Dispensation
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Understandable
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Discernible
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smaller than ordinary
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Diminutive
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Always ready to argue or fight
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Contentious
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having the feeling that someone or something is beneath you,that they are worthless
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Comtemptuous
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bright greem twining vine ,often used for holiday decoration
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Smilax
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belonging to a particular region or country
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Indigenous
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legal situation regarding the use of inherited property
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entailment
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a group
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Covey
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almost always silent
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taciturn
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preference,or preferred way of doing sometihng
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Predilection
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devotion to religious duties or practices
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Piety
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TO lessen or calm
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Assuage
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