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150 Cards in this Set
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perplex
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confuse
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copious
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abundant
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traverse
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to cross
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bibliophile
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book lover
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demography
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study of populations
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sanguine
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cheerful
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ostentatious
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showy
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microcosm
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small universe
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defenestrate
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toos out the window
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animus
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intent or hatred
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nonplused
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bewildrered, perplexed
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interdiction
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prohibition
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commensurate
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of like measure, equal
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neophyte
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beginner
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incredulous
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unbelieving
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demur
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to object
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poignant
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sharp
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lassitude
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languor, weariness
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apprehend
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to understand
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prodigious
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amazing
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indolent
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lazy
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persiflage
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flippant syle
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ambiguous
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indefinite
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ambivalence
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conflicting feelings
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déclassé
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low class
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putative
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thought-to-be
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mollify
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to make soft
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gregarious
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sociable
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altercation
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heated dispute
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alter ego
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second self
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to philander
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to engage in love affairs
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apocrypha
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unauthentic works
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tendentious
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slanted
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importune
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to trouble with requests
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apothegm
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a pithy saying
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cacoethes
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a mania
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precept
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maxim
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veridical
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truthful
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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expunge
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completely remove
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acerbity
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sharpness of temper
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perfidy
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breach of faith
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translucent
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semitransparent
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cacophony
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bad noise
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tangible
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touchable
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altruism
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concern for others
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obsequies
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funeral ceremonies
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exodus
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a departure
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pensive
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sadly thoughtful
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salubrious
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healthful
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demure
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modest or affectedly modest
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undulate
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to wave
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amiable
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friendly
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to abate
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to lessen
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serene
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clear, and calm
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obsequious
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servile
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to sedate
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to calm
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to condescend
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to lower oneself
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nihilism
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belief in nothing
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interstice
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small space
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dialectic
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logical argument
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temararious
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reckless
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sophist
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a specious reasoner
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erudite
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scholarly
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denouement
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unraveling of plot
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concupiscence
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intense desire or lust
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esculent
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edible
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pertinacious
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holding stubbornly
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interlocutor
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person in conversation
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aphorism
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a concise wisdom
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autodidact
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self-taught person
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reify
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treat as real
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in medias res
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in the middle of things
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circumvent
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to get around
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to exculpate
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to free from blame
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cupidity
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greed
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euphoria
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feeling of well-being
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protocol
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rules of ceremony
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odious
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disgusting
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visage
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face
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pontificate
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to speak dogmatically
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mendacious
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untruthful
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uxorious
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wife-doting
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apophasis
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mention by denial
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rebuke
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a sharp reprimand
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objurgation
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rebuke
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soporific
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sleep-inducing
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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dichotomy
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two-party division
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epiphany
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revelation
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eclectic
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from various sources
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numinous
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supernatural
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mendicant
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a beggar
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fatuous
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complacently stupid
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oblivion
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being forgotten
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propitious
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favorable disposed
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to requite
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to repay
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aphasia
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loss of speech
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nullifidian
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faithless person
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risible
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laughable
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assiduous
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perservering
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saturnine
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gloomy and remote
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vacuous
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stupidly empty of ideas
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ex cathedra
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from the throne
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pusillanimous
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small-minded
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sublime
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noble
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auto da fe
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burning a heretic
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ebullient
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enthusiastic
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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illuminati
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enlightened intellects
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hegemony
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state dominance
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psychosis
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major mental denial
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neurosis
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mental disorder
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oleaginous
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oily
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to peregrinate
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to travel
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to reiterate
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to repeat
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desultory
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rambling
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idée fixe
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obsession
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precursor
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forerunner
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euphony
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beautiful sound
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attenuated
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thinned
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extraneous
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from outside
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profound
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deep
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sedulous
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diligent
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incunabula
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infancy
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parvenu
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an upstart
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sycophant
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an obsequious parasite
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adagio
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a slow movement
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desuetude
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disuse
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prolegomenon
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preliminary statement
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasure
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narcissism
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self-adoration
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patrician
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aristocratic
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miscreat
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an evil unbeliever
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terra firma
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firm land
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inchoate
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just begun
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peripatetic
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walking
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ambient
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surrounding
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tenuous
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thin
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ductile
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malleable
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fortuitous
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by chance
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surrogate
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substitute
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allude
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to indirectly refer
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dishabille
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partially dressed
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Sybarite
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a devotee to luxury
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stoicism
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indifference to sensation
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valediction
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farewell speech
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supercilious
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scornful
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moribund
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dying
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expository
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explanitory
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