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48 Cards in this Set
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Abnormal
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Unusual
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Bleak
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Gloomy, harsh, desolate
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Consecutive
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Following in regular order
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Doughty
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Bold and strong
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Efface
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erase, remove from notice
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Ennui
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boredom
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Foretell
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tell before it happens
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Gauntlet
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long, protective gloves
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Heterodox
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not generally accepted
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Incongruous
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not going well together
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Myriad
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countless
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Orgy
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wild, abandoned merry making, excessive indulgence
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Solar
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Of the sun
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Thwart
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block
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Transient
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short-lived, person who stays briefly and moves on
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Yokel
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gullible country fellow
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baleful
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full of hate
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demise
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death, transfer
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euphoria
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feeling of well-being
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futile
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useless
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hackneyed
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overused
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latent
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hidden
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malingerer
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person who pretends to be ill
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obese
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fat
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pithy
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brief and meaningful, soft inner tissue of the stem
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silo
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tower for storing fodder
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surreptitious
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stealthy (spy)(secretive)
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testimony
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statement made under oath
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tonic
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medicine that restores vitality
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tourniquet
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tight bandage designed to reduce bleeding
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tractable
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easily-managed
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uncouth
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crude
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aptitude
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ability
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astral
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of the stars
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conversant
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familiar
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diction
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a way of pronouncing words, manner of expression
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ellipsis
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intentional omission of words
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humdrum
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monotonous (over and over again, boring)
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irony
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remarks apparently opposite on meaning to their literal sense
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misanthrope
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person who hates people
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nominal
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in name only, small
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omniscient
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knowing all things
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osier
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made of willow branches
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porous
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that allows fluids to pass through
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prevalent
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widespread
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saturate
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soak, completely filled
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sere
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withered
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usury
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lending money at an excessive interest
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