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50 Cards in this Set
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idiom
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language peculiar to a group
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antediluvian
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from before the flood!
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telekinesis
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moving from a distance
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FLAGELLATE
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TO WHIP
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ETIOLOGY
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CAUSE
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PERSPICACITY
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INSIGHT
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PUERILISM
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CHILDISHNESS
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PURLIEU
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A HAUNT
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REJUVENATE
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MAKE YOUNG AGAIN
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RECIDIVISM
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CHRONIC RELAPSE
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OBSEQUIES
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FUNERAL CEREMONIES
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MUNIFICENT
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EXTREMELY GENEROUS
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EPICYCLE
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CIRCLE W/ IN A CIRCLE
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PENCHANT
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AN INTENSE LIKING
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REPARTEE
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WITTY REPLIES
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TRIPTYCH
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TRIPLE PANEL
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PANDEMIC
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LARGE EPIDEMIC
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APOCRYPHAL
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NOT AUTHENTIC
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QUERELOUS
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FULL OF COMPLAINT
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EPHEMERAL
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SHORT LIVED
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PARAGON
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EXCELLENT MODEL
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MYRIAD
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INNUMERABLE
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ANODYNE
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PAIN RELIEVER
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UXORIOUS
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WIFE DOTING
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HAUTEUR
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DISDAINFUL SNOBBERY
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CONTEMPTUOUS INSULT
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CONTUMELY
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FEAR OF DEATH
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NECROPHOBIA
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INCONGRUOUSLY DIFFERENT
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DISPARATE
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SICKLY PERSON
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VALETUDINARIAN
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RELATING TO FISH
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PISCINE
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SHAMELESSNESS
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IMPUDICITY
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double meaning
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amphiboly
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mutually destructive
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internecine
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overstatement
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hyperbole
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near-sighted
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myopia
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to corrupt
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vitiate
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snoring
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stertorous
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offensively interfering
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obtrusive
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elaborate eulogy
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panegyric
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state of concern
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solicitude
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art of trimming shrubs
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topiary
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shining
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refulgent
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enthusiastic priase
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encomium
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to cut short
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truncate
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forgivable
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venial
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cenotaph
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empty tomb
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reckless
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temerarious
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OVER DISCRIMINATING
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FASTIDIOUS
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plead in protest
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remonstrate
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TO HOWL
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ULULATE
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