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34 Cards in this Set
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didactic
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instructive
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engender
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to sponsor
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fervent
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full of strong emotion
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ossify
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to become bone-like
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precarious
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risky
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quintessence
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the purest core of a thing
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ruse
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a clever trick or deception
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abscond
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to run off in secret
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salient
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prominent, very noticeable
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tantamount
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equivalent to
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unctous
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oily
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vapid
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dull
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vehement
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intense violent
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anomaly
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something different from the normal
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bilk
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to cheat
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clandestine
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secretive
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conscript
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to draft or enlist by law or force
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diffident
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shy lacking self-confidence
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enigma
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something that is puzzling
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fetid
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stinking
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heinous
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absolutely hateful
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ken
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knoledge, range of sight to know or recognize
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precedent
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something that has occured previously as an example
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querulous
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complaining
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quixotic
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romantic or idealistic to a foolish degree
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sacrilegious
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blasphemous
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absolve
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to free of guilt or blame
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antipathy
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strong feelings against
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clement
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lenient
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craven
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cowardly
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dilatory
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tardy, causing delay
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enervate
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to reduce the strength or energy of
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fecund
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fertile, productive
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incipient
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just begginning, commencing
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