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42 Cards in this Set
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assuage
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to make less intense or severe
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vapid
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uninteresting, dull
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malevolent
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malicious
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phantom
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a ghost; something apparently seen, heard, or sensed but having no physical reality
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flivver
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an old car
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beadle
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policeman
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indigenous
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native
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entailment
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a consequence for services rendered; law to limit the inheritance of real property to a specific line of class of heirs
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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disapprobation
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moral disapproval
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auspicious
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favored
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tacit
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not spoken
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morbid
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gruesome
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asinine
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stupid
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edification
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enlightenment
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cleaved
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to split or separate
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morphodite
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half man, half woman
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changelings
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a child secretly exchanged for another
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analogous
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similar
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obstreperous
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noisily deviant
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apoplectic
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symptoms of a stroke
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philippic
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a harsh, often insulting verbal denouncement
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umbrage
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offense, resentment
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palliation
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to make less severe
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nether
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located beneath or below
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boded
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to be an omen
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innate
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existing naturally rather than acquired
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caste
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any exclusive and restricted social class
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fey
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displaying a magical quality
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elucidate
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to make clear or plain
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sundry
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various
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ambidextrous
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using both hands with equal ease
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lavation
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the act of washing
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chiffarobe
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chest of drawers
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expunge
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to erase or remove completely
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unmitigated
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not diminished or lessened
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distaff
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traditionally women's work
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feral
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existing in a wild state
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furtive
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shifty, has hidden motives
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vehement
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forceful in expressing emotions
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spurious
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lacking validity
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purloined
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to steal, violation of trust
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