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41 Cards in this Set
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Obscure
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not clear, not well known
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Tenements
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run down apartment buildings
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Fastidious
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very demanding, very picky
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Prohibition
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a legal ban on the sale or possession of alcoholic beverages.
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Taunt
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to tease or torment
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Abject
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feeling low, lacking pride
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Monotonous
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dull and repetitive
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Vermin
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pests, unwanted mice or insects
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Mollified
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calmed down, soothed
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Banshee
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a phantom or a spirit
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purgatory
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a place of suffering in between heaven and hell
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consumption
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a disease that causes a wasting away of living tissue or of the body
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gangling
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tall and awkward
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emulate
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to copy or model one’s behavior after another
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pungent
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sharp or biting
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ragamuffin
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a poor child in tattered clothes
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incessant
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non-stop, continuous
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loathe
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to hate, dispise
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allegiance
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devotion or loyalty
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begrudge
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to resent or envy someone else’s good fortune
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ascertain
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to make sure of
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socialism
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a system of government in which workers own the means of production
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cadaverous
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pale and thin, looking like a corpse
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brazen
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bold and aggressive
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poignant
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deeply touching; causing strong emotion
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covert
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secretive, undercover
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bedlam
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a scene of confused disorder and uproar, chaos
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maggot
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the larva of the fly
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stammered
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spoke haltingly, stuttered
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prominent
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obvious, easily seen, important
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ironic
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spoken or written words that mean the opposite of their usual meaning
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serene
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calm, peaceful
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impertinent
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rude, disrespectful
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crucial
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most important
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delirium tremens
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hallucinations and trembling brought on by too much alcohol usage
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squalor
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filth and disorder
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interim
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the segment of time in between two events
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premonition
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an advance sign or warning
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permeate
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to spread throughout, to fill
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primeval
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ancient, prehistoric
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eulogized
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praised in a speech
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