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65 Cards in this Set
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fever
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banal
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trite
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boon
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welcome benefit; request; close
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clairvoyant
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supposedly able to perceive things not ordinarily present to the senses
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cyst
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small, pouchlike growth
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demagogue
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rabble-rouser
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egoism
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the belief in the all-importance of oneself
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exiguous
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scanty
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gloaming
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twilight
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impropriety
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improper act
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lupine
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wolflike
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narcotic
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drug
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onomatopoeia
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words imitative of natural sounds
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propound
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propose
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rapprochement
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establishment of friendly relations
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talisman
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good-luck charm
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acolyte
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follower; altar boy
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atavism
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reverting back to the traits of one's ancestors
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bedizen
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gaudily adorn
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canto
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division of a poem
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crevice
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narrow crack
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deify
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treat as godlike
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ductile
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capable of being drawn into wire; easily led
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ennobling
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uplifting
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flotsam
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floating wreckage
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gubernatorial
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for state governor
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lionize
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treat as a celebrity
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moratorium
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legally-granted delay in the payment of debts; suspension of activity
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obituary
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notice of a person's death
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prognosticate
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predict
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raconteur
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storyteller
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sybarite
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pleasure-loving person
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unwonted
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unaccustomed
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anoint
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pour oil on; make holy by putting oil on
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baneful
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ruinous
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brier
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thorny bush; made from the root of a European shrub
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cognate
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related
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deem
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believe
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dipsomaniac
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psychotic
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emissary
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agent
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extradite
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hand over to the power of another state
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gossamer
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filmy cobweb strands; sheer
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incommunicado
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without being able to get in touch with others
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mendacity
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lying
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novena
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nine-day period of prayer
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polygamist
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person with more than one wife or husband
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quip
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witty remark
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stellar
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of the stars; of a celebrated performer
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trousseau
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bride's outfit
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anterior
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front; earlier
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blandishments
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flattering remarks
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climacteric
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turning point
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conjugal
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marital
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depredations
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acts of robbery and violence; physical harm
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empyrean
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heavens
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expiate
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make amends for
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inviolate
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free from harm; unbroken
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lattice
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crisscrossed strips
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leviathan
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huge creature
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objurgate
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rebuke
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panacea
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cure for all diseases
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preponderate
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exceed in influence
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refutation
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proof of error
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spoliation
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destruction
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verbose
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wordy
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