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15 Cards in this Set
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ambulatory
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able to walk
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circumvent
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outwit
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cuckold
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man whose wife is unfaithful
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didactic
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that instructs us
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effrontery
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impudence
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ethereal
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delicate;light and airy
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exigencies/exingency
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pressing needs;urgency
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gargoyle
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grotesquely carved figure, small monkeylike creature
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hirsute
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hairy
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incantation
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formula of magic words
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing by a public offical
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naiad
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water nymph
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pontificate
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speak in a pompous manner
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pyromanic
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person with a compulsion to start fires
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sapient
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wise
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