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40 Cards in this Set
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Commiserate
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To express sympathy or sorrow
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Allay
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To calm an emotion or worry
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Ineffable
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Indescribable (out of sacredness)
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Fetid
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Having an offensive odor
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Iridescent
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Displaying illustrious colors like that of a rainbow
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Primordial
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Constituting a beginning
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Apathetic
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Indifferent or unenergetic
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Agglomeration
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Jumbled cluster
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Sequester
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To seclude
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Licentious
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Sexually unrestrained; lewd
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Allegation
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Unproved assertion
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Teem
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To abound
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Temporal
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Of this world
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Temporize
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Delay so as to gain time
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Tenable
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Defendable
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Tortuous
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Deceitfully indirect
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Transcend
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Surpass something
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Transient
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Impermanent
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Tenet
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Principle
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Improvise
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Make something up on the spot
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Tenuous
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Weak; unsubstantiated
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Emaciated
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Gaunt
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Tenure
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Duration of a term
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Stringent
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Strict
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Stupor
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Mental torpor
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Subservient
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Subordinate
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Impasse
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Deadlock
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Impeccable
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Flawless
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Impecunious
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Penniless
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Translucent
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Nearly transparent
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Travesty
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Mockery
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Terse
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Concise
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Therapeutic
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Corrective
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Titular
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Nominal
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Treatise
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Dissertation
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Subsidiary
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Appendage
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Substantiate
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Confirm
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Impunity
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Immune
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Stint
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Period of time
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Stippling
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Paint something by dabbing
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