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20 Cards in this Set
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preeminent
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above others; prominent; superior
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unbridled
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unrestrained; violent
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nauseous
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sickening, affecting or affected with extreem disgust
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fulsome
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offensively excessive or insincere; exceeding the bounds of good taste
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a tremor
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a trembling (from disease or weakness); a feeling of uncertainty or anxiety
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functionary
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one charged with performance of a specific function
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prefatory
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located in front; preliminary; relating to or constituting a preface
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uncanny
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seeming to have a supernatural character or origin; eeire; dangerous
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nave
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to main body of a church; a hub of a wheel
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baffle
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ceck or defeat by confusing or puzzling; frustrate the efforts of; check or break the flow of
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exhilaration
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feeling or state of being excited, stimulated, invigorated
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rasping
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grating, scraping, raucous
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proponent
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one who argues in favor of something, one who makes a proposal
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redundant
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exceeding what is necessary or normal; containing something excessive
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desultory
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marked by lack of a definate plan; aimless, without order or rational connection
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meringue
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a delicate mixture of beaten egg whites and powdered sugar, used as an icing or made into small cakes that are quickly browned
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unwitting
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not knowing; unawarel unintentional
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bludgeon
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a short clublike weapon ith one end loaded or thicker than the other hit with heavy impact; ovecome by agressive argumentg
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toady
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one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors (a toadeater)
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mete
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assign my measure; allot
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