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20 Cards in this Set
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Adjunct
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Something in addition to, addition
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Bellwether
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The male sheep the leads the herd, initiator
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Caterwaul
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To howl or screech, whine
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Chimerical
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Absurd, wildly fantastic
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Effete
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Lacking in wholesome vigor
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Fait accompli
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Accomplished. Irreversible
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Hidebound
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Narrow minded or rigid
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Hierarchy
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A system of things or people arranged in order
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Liturgy
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A religious service
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Mirage
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Something Illusory, without substance
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Morass
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A patch of lo, soft, wet ground, quagmire
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Noisome
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Offensive or disgusting, loathsome
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Oblivious
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Forgetful, unaware
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Poltroon
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A base coward, "chicken"
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Proselyte
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Convert or is pile, neophyte
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Quasi
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Resembling but not actually being, semi
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Raillery
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good humoresque ridicule, banter
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Ribald
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Irreverently mocking, course or vulgar
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Supine
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Lying flat on one's back
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Vignette
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A short description or sketch
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