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75 Cards in this Set
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Malapropism
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ludicrous misuse of a word
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Nonplussed
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perplexed
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postlude
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concluding session
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hierarchy
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RANKING
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PORTLY
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STOUT
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INTERDICTION
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PROHIBITION
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VIDE
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SEE
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OMNIBUS
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COVERING MANY THINGS
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MONOLITHIC
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MASSIVE AND UNIFORM
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IMPONDERABLE
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DIFFICULT TO PONDER
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BENEDICTION
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BLESSING
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INCREDULOUS
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NOT BELIEVING
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OMNISCIENT
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ALL-KNOWING
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NEOPHYTE
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BEGINNER
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UNILATERAL
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ONE-SIDED
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HYPOTHECATE
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PLEDGE AS SECURITY
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HETERODOX
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UNORTHODOX
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PATERFAMILIAS
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MALE HEAD OF FAMILY
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PUTATIVE
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THOUGHT TO BE
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AVER
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AFFIRM OR DECLARE
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MEGATON
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FORCE OF A MILLION TONS OF DYNAMITE
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SANGFROID
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COLD-BLOODED COMPOSURE
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ALTER EGO
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SECOND SELF
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ALTERCATION
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HEATED DISPUTE
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CONTRAVENE
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GO AGAINST
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CONFLUENCE
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A FLOWING TOGETHER
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CIRCUMLOCUTION
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TALKING IN CIRCLES
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SOLILOQUY
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SPEECH TO ONESELF
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MOLLIFY
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MAKE SOFT
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GREGARIOUS
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SOCIABLE
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DECLAIM
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SPEAK RHETORICALLY
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SOTTO VOCE
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IN A LOW VOICE
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TRANSLUCENT
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SEMITRANSPARENT
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FORTE
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STRONG POINT
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FORTISSIMO
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VERY LOUDLY
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ACERBITY
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SHARPNESS OF TEMPER
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PERAMBULATE
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WANDER THROUGH
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PERFIDY
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BREACH OF FAITH
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IMPUGN
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ATTACK AS FALSE
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NON SEQUITUR
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AN IDEA WHICH DOSE NOT FOLLOW
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EGOCENTRIC
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SELF-CENTERED
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LOQUACIOUS
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TALKATIVE
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SACROSANCT
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SACRED
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CACOPHONY
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BAD NOISE
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TANGIBLE
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TOUCHABLE
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OBITER DICTUM
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PASSING REMARK
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OBSEQUIOUS
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SERVILELY FOLLOWING
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ABASE
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TO LOWER
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PATHETIC FALLACY
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ASCRIBING FEELINGS TO THINGS
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RATIOCINATION
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METHODICAL THINKING
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MUTATIS MUTANDIS
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WITH NECESSARY CHANGES
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INTERSTICE
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SMALL SPACE
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TERRA INCOGNITA
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UNKNOWN LAND
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SEDATE
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CALM
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RETORT
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SWIFT REPLY
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NIHILISM
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BELIEF IN NOTHING
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SUPERSEDE
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REPLACE
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INANIMATE
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LIFELESS
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CONDESCEND
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LOWER ONESELF
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EPIGRAM
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WITTY COMMENT
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC
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MAN-CENTERED
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GASTRONOME
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A GOURMET OR EPICURE
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AUTODIDACT
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SELF-TAUGHT PERSON
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MONISM
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DOCTRINE THAT REALITY IS ONE
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IN MEDIAS RES
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS
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LYCANTHROPE
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WEREWOLF
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CIRCUMAMBIENT
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SURROUNDING
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TRANSMOGRIFY
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CHANGE FORM
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REIFY
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TREAT AS REAL
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AU CONTRAIRE
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TO THE CONTRARY
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VIVACIOUS
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LIVELY
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CIRCUMVENT
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GET AROUND
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HELIOTROPIC
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SUN-FOLLOWING
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EXCULPATE
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FREE FROM BLAME
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INTROSPECTIVE
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INWARD LOOKING
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