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45 Cards in this Set
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Acme
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zenith
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Apex
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zenith
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Avid
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passionate;ardent
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Bane
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a cause for ruin
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Bard
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a poet
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bevy
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a large group
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Bilk
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to steal;to embezzle
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Boon
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a sudden gain; a windfall
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Boor
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a rude person
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Curt
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abrupt to the point of rudeness
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Deft
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skillful; adept
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Dire
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serious; urgent
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Diva
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a female singer; a prima donna
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Dolt
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an obtuse person
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Dupe
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to trick
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Fawn
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to flatter subserviently
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Foil
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to baffle a plan; to thwart
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Gait
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a manner or rate of walking
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Garb
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clothing;attire
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Glut
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to oversupply; to stuff
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Guru
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a Hindu spiritual leader of teacher
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Heed
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to listen to advice; to consider
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Hone
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to sharpen
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Keen
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sharp-minded; acute
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Laud
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to praise; to adulate
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Mire
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a swamp pit; mud; a quagmire
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Mock
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to poke fun at; to scoff at
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Molt
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to shed hair, feathers, shell, or horns
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Onus
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a duty or burden
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Oust
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to forcibly remove a ruler from power
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Tact
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finesse in dealing with people; diplomacy
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Tome
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a very big book
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Tour
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to flaunt
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Tyro
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a beginner; a neophyte; a fledgling
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Void
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to cancel; to nullify
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Wary
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cautious; chary
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Aesthete
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one who appreciates and seeks beauty
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Alacrity
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cheerful readinesss
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Aphorism
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a wise saying; an adage; a maxim
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Appropriate (v)
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to take another's property as one's own
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Arable
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able to be cultivate; farmable
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Arboreal
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relating to trees
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Asylum
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a safe place for one to practive religion of follow one's convictions
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Auspicious
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foretelling well for the future
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Avant-garde
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cutting-edge; new; experimental;
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