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20 Cards in this Set
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abysmal
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terrible, appalling, dreadful
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anthology
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collection, compilation
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bellicose
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pugnacious, belligerent, hawkish
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collateral
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security, parallel, secondary
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convalesce
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recuperate, improve, recover
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delude
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deceive, fool, mislead
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distend
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swell, inflate, bloat
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equanimity
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composure, sangfroid, serenity
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fractious
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unruly, petulant, peevish
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inherent
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innate, essential, basic
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insolent
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rude, impertinent, disrespectful
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irreproachable
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faultless, blameless, unblemished
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mezzanine
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partial story, middle balcony
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obliterate
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eradicate, eliminate, annihilate
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obsequious
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fawning, groveling, cringing
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pervade
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permate, suffuse, diffuse
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preposterous
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ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, timid, timorous
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sesquipedalian
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ponderous, grandiloquent, pompous
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terra cotta
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baked earth ceramic clay pots
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