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159 Cards in this Set
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Castigate
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To scold severely
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To castigate a student
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Complicated
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Not simple
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A complicated problem
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Create
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Bring into being
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To create a masterpiece
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Dire
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Dreadful
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Dire misfortune
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Doggerel
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Loosely styled verse
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A few pages of doggerel
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Effective
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In force
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Exceptional
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Unusually good
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Fluctuate
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Go up and down
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Gnome
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Fairy-tale dwarf
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Inured
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Accustomed
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Effective
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In force
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Exceptional
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Unusually good
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Fluctuate
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Go up and down
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Gnome
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Fairy-tale dwarf
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Inured
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Accustomed
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Parable
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Short story teaching a lesson
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Plausible
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Apparently true
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Semblance
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Outward appearence
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Zealous
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Very enthusiastic
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Pare
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Peel (cut down on)
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Cockade
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Ribbon worn on 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
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Whip (Cause of terrible suffering)
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Baton
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Stick used to conduct an orchestra (or a 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 trolling 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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Toady
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Flatterer
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Passage
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Place for people (Crossing by boat; part of something written)
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Avalanche
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Mass of snow sliding down a mountain (Sudden large volume)
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Premonition
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Feeling that something bad will happen
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Fumes
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Smoke (Showed great irritation)
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Creditor
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Person to whom one owes money
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Unearthly
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Weird
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Aggravate
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Make worse
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Impasse
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Difficulty that can't be resolved
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Shrew
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Mouse-like animal (women=naggy)
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Fateful
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Very important (Telling of the future;deadly)
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Abstain
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Do without willingly (Refuse to)
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Mite
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Small sum of money (Small animal of the spider family)
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Collaborate
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Work together
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Exaggerated
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Made to seem greater than it was
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Exposed
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Unprotected
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Expose
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To make known
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Expose
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Revealing of unsavory facts
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Ascertain
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Find out
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Subjugate
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Bring under control
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Anthology
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Collection of poems
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Crucial
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Vitally important
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Espionage
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Spying
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Handicap
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Disadvantage
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Octet
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Group of eight
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Embossed
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With a raised pattern
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Aural
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Of the ears
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Forbearance
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Patience and restraint
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Preoccupied
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Completely absorbed in her thoughts
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Astute
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Clever
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Equestrian
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Horse-riding
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Rift
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Crack
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Subtle
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Indirect
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Inflict
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Cause
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Edit
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Prepare for publication
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Rodent
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Rat and mice
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Besiege
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Surround in order to attack
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Forge
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Move with difficulty
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Adulation
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Excessive
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Mesa
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Large, flat-topped hill
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Embalm
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Prepare for burial
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Alms
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Money for the poor
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Stockade
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Wall made of tall stakes
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Mire
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Deep mud
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Escapade
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Adventure
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Ban
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Not permit
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Rendezvous
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Meeting
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Festoons
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Carved figures
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Topical
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In the news
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Random
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By chance
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Plumb
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Weighted (get to the bottom of)
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Cogitate
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Think deeply
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Contempt
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Scorn
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Slake
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Statisfy
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Clerical
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Priestly
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Shanty
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Crudely-built hut
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Resplendent
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Dazzling
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Tick
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Pillow cover (bug)
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Tenement
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Run-down apartment building
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Pennant
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Triangular flag
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Vague
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Unclear
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Impertinent
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Rude
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initiative
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First step
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Annihilate
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Destroy completely
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Rankles
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Causes a lasting bitterness
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Elope
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Run away and get married
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Ogre
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Hideous giant
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Consider
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Think about
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Pandemonium
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Great disorder
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Bigamy
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Marrying when one is already married
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Naivete
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Innocence
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Abound
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Great
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Token
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Sign or Coin
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Inarticulate
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Unable to speak
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Expansive
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Covering a large area
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Laminated
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Covered with plastic
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Dialect
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Regional form of a language
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Lucid
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Clear
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Susceptible
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Easily affected by
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Dubbed
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named
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Spasmodic
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Spazzy
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Rotary
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Circular
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Intricate
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Complicated
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Discretion
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Judgement
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Deplore
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Feel great regret about
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Pert
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Saucy
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Impound
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Seized and held
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Salvage
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Save from being wrecked
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Unilateral
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Involving one side only
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Scrupulous
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Careful to do what is proper
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Voluptuous
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Giving pleasure through the senses
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Procees
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Profits
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Hamper
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Hinder
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Dilatory
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Slow
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Neutral
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Indefinite
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Ordained
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Arranged before hand
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Fitful
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Broken
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Amends
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Do good to make up for harm done
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Tic
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Twitching
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Roan
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Red and Brown horse
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Apathy
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Not caring
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Superficial
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Slight
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Mere
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Only
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Economical
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Not wasteful
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Doff
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Remove
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Episode
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Incident
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Recuperate
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Get well again
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Iniquitous
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Wicked
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Erudite
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Well-read; knowledgeable
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Glib
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Smoothly spooken
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Facade
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False front
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Aghast
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Horrified
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Stature
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Height
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Damask
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Richly patterned
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Loot
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Stolen goods
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Stagnant
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Motionless
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Ferment
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State of agitation
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Abate
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Become less
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Nauseous
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Sickening
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Undertone
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Low voice
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Misnomer
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Name that doesn't fit
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Probe
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Examine
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Incredible
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Unibelieveble
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Merge
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Combine
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Clergy
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Class of ministers, priests or rabbis
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