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35 Cards in this Set
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phil
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love
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philander
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andro
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man
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philander
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apo
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away
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apocrypha
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crypt
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hidden
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apocrypha
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tens
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stretch
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tendentious
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in
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in or not
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importune
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port
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carry
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importune
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caco
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bad
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cacoethes
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ethos
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custom
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cacoethes
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pre
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before
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precept
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cap
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take
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precept
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ver
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true
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veridical
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ex
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out
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expunge
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tude
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state of
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pulchritude
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punct
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point
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expunge
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acr
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sharp
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acerbity
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per
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through
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perfidy
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fid
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faith
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perfidy
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phon
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sound
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cacophony
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tang
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touch
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tangible
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philander
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to engage in love affairs
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Ibsen's Captain Alving was a dissolute philander
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apocrypha
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unauthentic works
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Some books of the Septuagint are regarded as apocryphal
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tendentious
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slanted
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Voltaire's essays seemed more tendentious than objective
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importune
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to trouble with requests
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He was persistently urged, even importuned, for weeks
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apothegm
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a pithy saying
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Oscar Wilde was known for his spontaneously brilliant apothegms
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cacoethes
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a mania
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Tom's weird idea soon became an itch to do it, a lure, a cacoethes
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precept
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a maxim
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Polonius gave Ophelia precepts for her dealings with the Lord Hamlet
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veridical
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truthful
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Marco Polo's incredible account proved to be veridical
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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The de'classe' contest valued pulchritude over aptitude
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expunge
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completely remove
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His divergent remarks were expunged from the record
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acerbity
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sharpness of temper
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From the acerbity of his voice, she knew there was a problem
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perfidy
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breach of faith
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Quisling's act of perfidy was a stain on Norwegian history
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translucent
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semitransparent
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In time, the sociopath's vile motives became translucent
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cacophony
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bad noise
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The terrifying cacophony of the hurricane kept everyone awake
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tangible
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touchable
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She adored the tangible clouds in the museum's Chinese landscapes
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