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20 Cards in this Set
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cadence
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rhythmic movement
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contemporaneous
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simultaneous
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denouement
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all ends are tied together plotwise
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drone
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low humming noise
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fallowness
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inactivity
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forays
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raids for plunder
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fortuitous
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happening by accident or chance
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected, tamed, or reformed
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ingenuous
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innocent; honest
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interminable
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endless
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mince
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to walk primly or affectedly
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mundane
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ordinary
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patrimony
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inheritance, father's
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petulance
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state of being easily annoyed, irritated
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plaintive
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mournful
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precarious
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dangerously lacking in stability
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retinue
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attendants accompanying a person of rank
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reverberate
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to re-echo, to resound
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sinuous
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having many curves and turns
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surfeit
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excess
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