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44 Cards in this Set
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Periodicity
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Recurrence at regular intervals
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ConTumultuouslyanguinity
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Kinship; close relation or connection
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Preternatural
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Beyond or different from normal
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Embrasure
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An opening in a fortification or wall for cannons
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Oscillation
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The act of swinging regularly back and forth
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Inalienable
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Cannot be taken away
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Usurpations
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Unlawful seizures of power
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Beholden
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Owing thanks; indebted
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Tumultuously
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Agitatedly
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Peremptorily
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Commandingly; putting end to action
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Conflagration
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Big destructive fire
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Magnamanity
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Ability to rise above pettiness
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Acclivity
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Ascending slope
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Diabolical
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Of the Devil
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Unwonted
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Unfamiliar
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Forestall
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Act in advance of
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Candid
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Impartial
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Rueful
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Feeling or showing sorrow or pity
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Arduous
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Difficult
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Etiquette
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Rules for manners and ceremonies
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Luminous
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Giving off light
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Insidious
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Deceitful
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Piqued
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Aroused
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Rampant
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Spreading unchecked
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Poise
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Balance;stability
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Musing
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Thinking deeply and at length
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Importunities
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Persistent requests/demands
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Perfidy
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Betrayal of trust
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Ramification
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Branchlike division;consequence
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Repression
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Restraint
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Conjectural
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Based on Guesswork
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Omnipotent
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All powerful
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Dolorous
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Sad, mournful
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Suffice
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To be enough
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Malign
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Evil; injurious
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Harbor
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Shelter or house
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Calamities
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Disasters
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Ineffable
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Inexpressable
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Subjugation
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Act of congquering
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Elusive
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Hard to grasp
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Imperious
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Urgen
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Vigilant
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Staying alert to danger
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Dictum
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Statement or saying
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Redress
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Compensation for a wrong done
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