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90 Cards in this Set
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querulous
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complaining
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tremulous
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fearful
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miasma
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thick/ evil atmosphere
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lachrymose
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sorrowful
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specious
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misleading
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transient
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temporary
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impervious
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incapable of being affected
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vituperative
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insulting
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chutzpah
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gall
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jocular
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jokingly
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proscription
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act of forbidding
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soporific
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drowsy
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malentendu
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a misunderstanding
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pecuniary
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having to do with $
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sonorous
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rich and full in sound
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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sagacious
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wise
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied
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strident
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loud/ harsh
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malapropism
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misuse of a words
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juxtapose
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to place side by side to compare
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stark
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plain/ boring
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decimate
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to destroy or kill a large part of
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pique
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feel resentment/ arouse
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histrionics
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exaggeration of emotional behavior
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palatable
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edable
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ostensible
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seeming/ illusive
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anecdote
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short narritive
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surreptitious
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private/ secret
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malleable
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shapeable
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irascrible
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bad-tempered/ irritated
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umbrage
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offense
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rail
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bitter complaint
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impugn
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contradict
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indigenous
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original/ native
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diatribe
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insult/ criticism
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connive
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plan
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spurious
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fake/ not genuine
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drivel
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gibberish/ nonsense
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feral
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wild
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dappled
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spotted
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cynical
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suspicious
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obsequious
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subservient/ sycophant
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obtuse
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insensitive
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whimsical
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playful/ fanciful
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copious
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plentiful
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insipid
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bland
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predilection
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partially favored
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debacle
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failure/ disastrous collapse
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ubiquitous
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being everywhere
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mollify
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placate
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innocuous
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harmless/ insipid
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ignominious
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disgraceful
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obfuscate
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to confuse
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maudlin
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emotional
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sardonic
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mocking
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nebulous
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cloudy
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adulterate
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to contaminate
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incredulous
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skeptical/ disbelieving
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laconic
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rude
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subjugate
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to bring under domination
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ethereal
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intangible/heavenly
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incipient
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beginning to appear
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crass
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crude
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untenable
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flawed/ incapable of being maintained
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mercurial
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emotionally unpredictable
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esoteric
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only understood by certain people
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effervescent
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bubbly
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stygain
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gloomy/ hellish
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dearth
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scarcity
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susurration
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whisper
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defenestrate
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to throw a person out the window
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tintinnabulation
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ringing of bells
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calliphygain
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nice butt
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akimbo
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hands on hips
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suppurate
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discharge or pus
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hoary
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very old
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termagant
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scolding woman
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peripatetic
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person who ambles
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popinjay
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concieted person
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in situ
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original
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mea culpa
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confession
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carpe diem
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present/ reality
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caveat emptor
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caution
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de facto
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actual/ in fact
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sine qua non
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essential
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non sequitur
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irreverent
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ad hoc
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special purpose
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quid pro quo
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equal exchange
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prima facie
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first sight
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