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32 Cards in this Set
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masticate
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chew
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anon
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soon; presently
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cogitate
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think
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noisome
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offensive to the sense of smell
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larceny
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theft
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mettlesome
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full of courage; spirited
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ignominy
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shame
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benighted
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overtaken by darkness of night; unenlightened; intellectually or morally ignorant
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consecrate
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To declare or set apart as sacred; bless
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beset
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attack on all sides; surround
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benediction
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blessing
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winsome
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full of a winning quality; cheerful; merry
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prevaricate
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lie
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begrime
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cover with grime; make dirty
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scintillate
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twinkle; sparkle
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wane
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decrease gradually in size
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veracity
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truthfulness
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behest
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command; order
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avarice
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greed
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afoul
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in a state of entanglement
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excoriate
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To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade
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beholden
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bound in gratitude
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wax
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grow in size
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aloof
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distanced; withdrawn
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asunder
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apart (friends were torn asunder)
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behoove
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be necessary for
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bullish
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like a bull; tending to cause rises in stock prices; expecting a rise in stock prices
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asinine
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like an ass or donkey; stupid; silly
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bearish
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like a bear; rending to depress stock prices; expecting a fall in stock prices
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sanguine
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having a ruddy color; confident
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beget
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To cause to exist or occur
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amiss
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wrong (something went amiss)
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