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45 Cards in this Set
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philoprogenitiveness
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love of children
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contigious
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in contact
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reconnoitre
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explore with the goal of finding something
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fastidious
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hard to please
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wanderlust
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impulse to travel
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xanthous
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yellowish
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yegg
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burglar or safecracker
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zealous
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very enthusiasctic
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abstinent
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self-restraining
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beleaguluer
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force to quit, upset
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candor
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honesty
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daunt
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cause to lose courage
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eclectic
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varying in style
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valediction
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a farewell speech
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bulwark
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a protective structure
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caitiff
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a cowardly and mean person
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curio
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something unusual that is collected
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dessever
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to seperate into parts
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sentinel
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someone who watches out
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sequacious
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having a sequence, following
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gargantuan
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huge
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sepulcher
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a grave chamber
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elocution
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an expert manner of speaking
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homologous
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corresponding in characteristics
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ablaut
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vowel change
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beatific
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giving joy
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cached
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hidden, stored
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dastard
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malicious coward
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ecclesiastical
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churchly
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fabricate
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make up
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gaffe
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tactless act
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hackneyed
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repeated too often
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iambic
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having two syllables
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jaded
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exhausted
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kibbutz
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collective farm
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laggard
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wasting time
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macrobiotic
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promoting longevity
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narcissism
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self-love
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oblique
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diagonally arranged
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paltry
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contemptibly small
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qualify
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prove capable or fit
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ramble
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move aimlessly
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sacrilege
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blasphemous behavior
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tacit
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necessarily indicated
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ultimate
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furthest or highest
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