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86 Cards in this Set
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caparison
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richly decorated clothing
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Graft
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Abuse of Position
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Onanist
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masterbater
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jade
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flirtacious or willful girl
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dross
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trivial
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loquacious
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very talkative person
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stentorian
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very loud
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macabre
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a depiction of death
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desultorily
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marked by a lack of order or patience
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masochism
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sexually arrousement through pain
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bedraggled
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wet and limp
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vice
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corruption, crime
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abysmal
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fathomless
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ideological
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concerning with idols, ideas
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chaste
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morally pure, virgin
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usurer
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one who lends monet at an exorbitant interest
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Platonically
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transcending physical desire
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haughty
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arrogantly proud
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lasciviously
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exciting sexual desires
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catharsis
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purifying release of emotion or of tension
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loquacious
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very talkative person
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pervese
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deviating from whats right and whats wrong
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effrontery
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impudent boldness
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bray
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loudly harsh
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promulgate
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to make known by public declaration
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subsidiary
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serving or to assist
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diatribe
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bitterly abusive critism
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trundle
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a small wheel or roller
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Sodomite
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Same sex lovers
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doxy
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a prostitute
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coquettish
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a flirt
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exemplum
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a short story that illustrates moral
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brackish
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distasteful
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venerate
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to regard with respect
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fecund
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intellectually productive
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doldrum
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a period of depression
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parochialism
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narrowly restricted
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harangue
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a long, pompous speech
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perambulate
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to walk about
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subtleties
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the quality or state of being subtle
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virile
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tainted
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mogul
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very rich or powerful person
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abasement
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to lower in rank, prestigem or esteem
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debauch
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to corrupt moraly
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modicum
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a very small amount
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acquiesce
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to consent or comply with protest
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affable
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easy to converse with, amiable
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rapport
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relationship, esp. one of mutual trust or emotion
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guttural
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produced in the throat
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emulous
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ambitious or eager to surpass another
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surlier
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sulenly ill-tempered, arrogant
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eructation
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an act of belching
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pirouetting
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an about haste on the tiptoes
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surreptitious
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nade and done by stealthy means
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phalanx
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close nit body of people
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pauper
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one who is extremely poor
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decadent
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being in a state of decline or decay
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vulgarly
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used commonly, borish
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effeminate
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having qualities more common with women
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conclave
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private or secret meeting
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pederasts
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one who enageges with anal intercourse, esp. with boys
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pubescent
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reaching or having reached puberty
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stultifying
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to make useless: cripple, to cause to appear stupid
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bourgeois
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characteristic of the middle class
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paragon
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a pattern of flawless perfection
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vintner
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maker of whine
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epicene
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belonging to or with characteristics of both sexes
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pedantic
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narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
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sojourn
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a temporary stay
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glutton
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one who consumes immoderate amount of food and drink
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besmirch
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to soil
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soprano
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highest singing voice of a woman or boy
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egregious
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outstandingly bad
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lout
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an awkward, stupid person
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taut
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drawn or pulled tight
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fey
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faited to die soon
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soggily
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lacking spirit
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evanesce
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to disipitate like vapor
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moribund
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at or near point of death
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sinewy
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lean and muscular
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surcease
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stop
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affinity
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a natural personal attraction
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exhibitionist
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egotistical individuals
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itinerant
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traveling from place to place
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succinct
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expressed clearly in a feiw words
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truant
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one who is absent or lazy, doesn't go to work
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