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60 Cards in this Set
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anomalous
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abnormal
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aspersion
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deragatory statement
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bizarre
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extremely strange
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brusque
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abrupt
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cajole
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persuade through flattery
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castigate
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to punish severly
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contrive
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invent
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demagogue
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politicain
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disabuse
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set right
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ennui
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boredom
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fetter
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet
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heinous
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very wicked
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immutable
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unchangable
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insurgent
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rebellious
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megalomania
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delusions of grandeur
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sinecure
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an easy job
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surreptitious
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secret
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trangress
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overstep
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transmute
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metamorphose
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vicarious
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imagined
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affable
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pleasant
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aggrandize
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to make appear greater
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amorphous
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shapeless
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aura
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ambience
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contraband
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smuggled goods
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erudite
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scholarly
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gossamer
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delicate
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infer
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to find out by reasoning
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inscutible
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incapable of being understood
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insular
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narrow minded
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irrevocable
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irreversible
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propensity
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proclivity
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querulous
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serene
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remonstrate
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reason against
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repudiate
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reject
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form
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reverberate
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to re-echo
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scurrilous
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coarsly abusive
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sedulous
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persistent
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sleazy
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cheap
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amnesty
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pardon
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autonomy
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self-government
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axiomatic
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taken for granted
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blazon
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broadcast
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caveat
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word to the wise
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equitable
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fair
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extricate
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to remove with effort
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filch
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to steal
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flout
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to mock
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fractious
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quarrelsome
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precept
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a rule of conduct `
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salutary
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beneficial
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scathing
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bitterly severe
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scourge
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to whip
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sephulchural
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extremely gloomy
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soporific
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tending to cause sleep
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straitlaced
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strict moral standards
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transient
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lasting only a short time
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unweildy
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not easily carried
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vapid
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dull
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