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35 Cards in this Set
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prowess
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superior ability or skill
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ramshackle
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loose or rickety; about to fall apart
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dismemberment
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someone is to tear or cut that person's limbs (arms and legs) off
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malignant
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dangerous; evil
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cleaved
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stuck
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palate
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the roof of one's mouth
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medatative
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is to reflect upon something, or think about it
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unfathomable
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Something that is unfathomable is something that can not be understood.
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abberations
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is a deviation, or a moving away from, something that is normal.
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cannas
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a beautiful tropical flower.
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touchous
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touchy; sensitive
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procured
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got
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perpetrated
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carried out; committed
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libel
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you harm someone's reputation.
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morphodite
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n animal or plant that has both female and male reproductive organs.
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quelled
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is to overwhelm something until it is powerless.
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cordial
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warm and friendly
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inordinately
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means too great or too many.
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ingenuous
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simple; innocent
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innate
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is a natural part of something else.
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provacation
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is to excite some sort of feeling; often anger or irritation.
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indicative
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shows or displays something
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trousseau
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all the new clothes a bride brings to her marriage
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deportment
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behavior
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obstreperous
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noisy and unruly
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invective
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are abusive terms, curses, insults, and/or cuss words
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evasion
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is to avoid doing or answering something directly.
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attributes
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characteristics; qualities of a person or thing
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rudiments
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principles; elements; subjects to be learned
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mausoleum
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a mausoleum is a large, imposing tomb (a tomb is a place where dead bodies -- those that aren't buried -- are housed
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erriatically
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strangely; differently than normal
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alist
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tilted to one side
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vaguely
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to be vague is to be unclear or not precise
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articulate
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able to speak and express oneself
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gingerly
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carefully; cautiously
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