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30 Cards in this Set
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Plausible
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apparently true
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castigate
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scold severely
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doggerel
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loosely styled verse
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parable
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short story teaching a lesson
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complicated
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not simple
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effective (2)
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1. in force
2. able to produced the desired result |
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zealous
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very enthusiastic
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create
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bring into being
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gnome
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fairy-tale dwarf
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semblance
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outward appearance
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dire
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dreadful
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exceptional
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unusually good
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expletives (2)
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words with out meaning in a sentence
swearwords! |
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inured
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accustomed
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fluctuate
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go up and down
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pare (2)
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peel
cut down on |
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cockade
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ribbon worn on a hat
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lei
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ring of flowers worn around the neck
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disrupt
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disturb
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allude
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refer
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scourge (2)
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whip
cause of terrible suffreing |
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baton (2)
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stick used to conduct an orchestra
metal rod that is twirled showily |
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eliminate
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remove
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unseemly
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improper
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clarity
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clearness
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knell
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slow tolling of bells
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triplicate
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three copies
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authentic
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genuine
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hireling
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person in the pay of another
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rampant
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spreading wildly
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