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20 Cards in this Set
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Affinity
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natural attraction
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Bilious
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peevish or irritable
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Cognate
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Closely related in origin or function
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Corollary
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a proposition that follows from one already proven, natural resul
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Cul-de-sac
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dead end street
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Derring-do
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valor or heroism
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Divination
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Predicting the future
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Elixer
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A panacea, cures illness
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Folderol
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Foolish talk, ideas or procedures
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Gamut
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An entire range or series
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Hoi Polloi
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The common people, the masses
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Ineffable
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not expressible, too great or sacred
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Lucubration
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study or thought especially at night
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Mnemonic
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Designed to assist in memory
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Obloquy
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public abuse indicating censure
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Parameter
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Determining characteristic, limit, boundary
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Pundit
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A learned person
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Risible
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Pertaining to laughter, inclined to laugh
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Symptomatic
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Typical, being concerend with a symptom
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Volte-face
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A complete reversal, about face
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