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35 Cards in this Set
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de
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down
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demur
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punct
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point
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poignant
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tude
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state of
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lassitude
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pre
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before
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apprehend
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ad
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to
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apprehend
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hend
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grasp
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apprehend
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pro
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before
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prodigious
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in
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in or not
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indolent
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dol
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suffer
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indolent
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per
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through
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persiflage
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ag
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to do
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ambiguous
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val
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worth
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ambivalent
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full of
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ambiguous
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lent
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full of
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ambivalent
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put
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think
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putative
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moll
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soft
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mollify
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greg
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group
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gregarious
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alter
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other
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altercation
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ego
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I
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alter ego
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ambi
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both
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ambiguous
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demur
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to object
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In the face of majority opinion, she nevertheless demured
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poignant
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sharp
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The poignant parting left Healthcliff in lachrymose collapse
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lassitude
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languor
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Gradually, the expatriates roused themselves from their after-lunch lassitude
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apprehend
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to understand
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To apprehend the danger was beyond his mental grasp
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prodigious
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amazing
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Marco Polo saw giants, geniuses, and other prodigious wonders
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indolent
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lazy
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In the shimmering heat he was idle, indolent, and could not pain himself to stir
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persiflage
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flippant style
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The sassy skit was filled with innuendo and persiflage
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ambiguous
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indefinite
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Golda considered the possible meanings of the ambiguous message
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ambivalence
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conflicting feelings
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His ambivalent feelings were complex and contradictory
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de'classe'
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low class
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The once-distinguished event had fallen into de'classe' ill-repute
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putative
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thought-to-be
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Kidnapping was the putative reason for Hoffa's disappearance
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mollify
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make soft
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Achilles's vengeful anger could not be mollified by anyone
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gregarious
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sociable
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The gregarious Gulliver was constantly in the middle of the tiny crowd
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altercation
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heated dispute
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Somewhere in the dark, silent city, a noisy altercation broke out
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alter ego
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second self
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More than a plenipotentiary, she was the emperor's alter ego
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