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56 Cards in this Set
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foray
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plundering raid
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formidable
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causing fear or awe
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foulard
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a lightweight material with printed design
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fractious
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unruly
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frenetic
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frenzied
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frivolous
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not serious
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frond
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a ern leaf, any finely divided leaf
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fugue
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contrapuntal musical composition
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fuller's earth
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clay used for absorbing stains
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furbelow
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gathered trimming on a dress, thence any showy trimming
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furious
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full of madness, raging, transported with passion
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futile
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trifling, useless, pointless
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gabardine
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twilled, woven fabric
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gabble
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to prate, talk fast or without meaning
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gainsay
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deny
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gall
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chafe, rub sore; annoy, vex
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gallinaceous
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pertaining to domestic fowl
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gamut
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the complete range
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garish
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flashy
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garrulous
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talkative, loquacious
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generalization
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induction, ageneral conclusion drawn from specific cases
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generate
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beget, procreate, propagate, produce
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generic
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pertaining to a race or kind
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genus
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a kind or class
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geriatrics
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science of care for the aged
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germane
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pertinent
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gerund
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a verbal noun
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gibber
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to chatter incoherently
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gist
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essential part
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glaucous
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gleaming sea-green
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glucose
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sugar occurring in fruit, less sweet than cane sugar
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gluttonous
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greedy for food and drink
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goad
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drive with a stick, urge on
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golgotha
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a place of sacrifice or burial
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gonad
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sex gland
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gossamer
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sheer
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gourmet
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a judge of food
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grandeur
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splendor, magnificence, stateliness
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granular
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having a crystalline or grain-like texture
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graphology
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study of handwriting
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grapple
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seize, lay fast hold on, either with the hands or with mechanical devices
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gratuitous
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free, voluntary: granted without compensation, claim or merit
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gratuity
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tip,
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grimace
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distort the features
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grimalkin
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a cat, usually old and female
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grimly
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fiercely, ferociously
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grommet
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a metal ring
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grouse
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complain
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grueling
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exhausting
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gruff
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rough
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gudgeon
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once easily duped or ensnared
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guidon
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small signal flag
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guile
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deceit, cunning
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gullible
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easily deceived
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gusty
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windy, blustery
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guzzle
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to drink much, to drink frequently, to swallow immoderately
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