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43 Cards in this Set
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on a ship, train, bus, etc.
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aboard
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in a state of entanglement
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afoul
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in or into collistion or entanglement with
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afoul of
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in the state of being at a distance
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aloof
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withdrawn
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aloof
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in a missing-the-mark manner; wrong
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amiss
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wrong; imperfect; faulty
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amiss
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in an apart postition; apart
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asunder
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on, in, in a state of
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a
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against, back
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with
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despite
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notwithstanding
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attack on all sides; surround
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beset
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cover with grime; make dirty
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begrime
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overtaken by darkness of night; unenlightened; intellectually or morally ignorant
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benighted
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cause to be or seem little or unimportant; disparage
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belittle
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on the contrary
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contrariwise
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in no way; not at all
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nowise
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full of encumbrances; burdensome
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cumbersome
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offensive because of excessive display or obvious insincerity
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fulsome
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lithesome;nimble
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lissome
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full of mettle(courage); spirited
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mettlesome
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offensive to the sense of smell; unwholesome
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noisome
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full of winning quality; cheeful; merry
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winsome
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group of 2
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twosome
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way, manner
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wise
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dignity, office, realm, state of being, those having the character of
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dom
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full of the thing or quality denoted in the first part o the -some word
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some
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one pertaining to or concerned with whatever is denoted in the first part of the -ling word
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-ling
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one whose only interest in his or her work is the hrie
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hireling
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one who is thin from lack of food
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starveling
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infant found after being deserted by its unknown parents
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foundlin
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about; concerning; in respect to
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anent
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soon; presently
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anon
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command; order
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behest
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be necessary for; be proper for
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behoove
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early
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betimes
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tract of wasteland
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heath
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decrease gradually in size
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wane
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sorcerer or wizard
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warlock
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the threads running lengthwise in the loom, crossed by the woof
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warp
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grow in size
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wax
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with it all; all well
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withal
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the threads running from side to side in a woven fabric
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woof
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