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45 Cards in this Set
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ARID
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VERY DRY
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BALK
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TO STOP SHORT AND REFUSE TO PROCEED
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BARD
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A COMPOSER OR SINGER OM E[OC VERSE
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BASK
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TO LIE IN OR EXPOSE ONESELF TO A PLEASANT WARMTH
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BILK
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TO CHEAT OUT OF SOMETHING VALUABLE
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BOOR
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A PERSON KNOWN FRO RUDE OR INSINCERE BEHAVIOR, SOMEONE WHO LACKS REFINEMENT
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DOLT
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A PERSON KNOWN FOR STUPIDITY
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DUPE
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TO TRICK OR DECEIVE BY UNDERHHANDED MEANS
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FLAG
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TO LOSE ENERGY OR ENTHUSIASM
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FOIL
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SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SERVES ASA A CONTRAST TO ANTOHER
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GAIT
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A MANNER OF WALKING
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HAIL
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TO PRAISE, ACCLAIM, TO CALL OUT TO
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LULL
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TEMPORART PERIOD OF CALM, AS A LULL BEFORE A STORM
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MUTE
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TO MUFFLE THE SOUND, TO TONE DOWN
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PLOD
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TO WALK SLOWLY OR TEDIOUSLY
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QUIP
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A CLEVER WITTY REMARK
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REND
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TO TEAR APART OR SPLIT, AS TO REND A FAVRIC
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RUSE
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A WILY OR CLEVER TRICK, STRATAGEM
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SEER
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SOMEONE WHO PREDICTS THE FUTURE
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STEM
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TO RESTRAIN, CHECK
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TIFF
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A PETTY QUARREL
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VAIN
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MARKED BY FUTILITY, AS A VAIN EFFORT
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WARY
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CAURTIOUS, CAREFUL
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CALUMNY
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A MISREPRESENTATION INTENDED TO DAMAGE ANOTHERES REPUTATION
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CATHARTIC
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AN EMOTHIONAL CLEANSING, PURGING
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CAUSTIC
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SARCASTIC, BITING: A CAUSTIC REMARK
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CONSPICUOUS
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VERY VISIBLE, STANDING OUT
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ENTOURAGE
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ATTENDANTS OR ASSOCIATES SURROUNDING A MONARCH OR CELEBRITY
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EPISTOLARY
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A COLLECTION OR SERIES OF LETTERS
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ETHOS
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A COLLENCTION OR SET OF VALUES
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GROVEL
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TO ACT IN A SERVILE OR EXCESSIVELY SUBSERVIENT MANNER
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HERMETIC
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AIRTIGHT, IMPERVIOUS TO EXTERNAL INFLEUENCES
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IMBROGLIO
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AN INTRICATE OR COMPLICATED SITUATION
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IRE
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INTENSE AND USUALLY POEN DISPLAY OF ANGER
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LAMPOON
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TO RIDICULE, SATIRIZE
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MAXIM
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A PROVERB EXPRESSING A GENERAL TRUTH OF LIFE
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MELANGE
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A MIXTURE, OFTEN OF INCONGRUOUS ELEMENTS
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REPARTEE
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AN EXCHANGE OF CLEVER, WITTY REMARKS
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SALV0
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A SPIRITED ATTACK, OFTEN VERBAL
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SHROUD
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TO OBSCURE THE VIEW OF, VEIL
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SUPERFICIAL
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UST ABOVE THE SURFACE, SHALLOW, LACKING IN DEPTH
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VAPID
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FLAT, DULL, LACKING TASTE
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VIGNETTE
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A SHORT DESCRIPTIVE LITERARY SKETCH
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TALL TELL HEART
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VISCOUS
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THICK AND THUS HAVING THE PROPERTY OF SESISTANCE TO FLOW
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WHELP
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A YOUNG DOG
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