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32 Cards in this Set
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furrow
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ridge that's created when u plow a field
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swarthy
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dark-complexion
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equanimity
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even-tempered
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hedonis
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life led only to seek out pleasure
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incorporeal
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exists but can't be touched
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tedious
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routin, boring, on-going
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quixotic
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overly-idealistic/optimistic
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surmise
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to guess, predict, to make a conjecture
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insoluble
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something that can't be solved
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celibacy
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an agreement to stay chaste
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ascetic
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sever lifestyle, denies themselves pleasure
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effrontery
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boldness, brash,
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phantasmagoria
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all kinds of dream-like images togwther (like fantasia)
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presumptuous
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rudely forward, over-confident
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escutcheon
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family coat of arms
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purgatory
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limbo
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exorcise
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to drive out the evil spirits from someone
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ballast
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what they used to put in ships to make it not float too high, eg. bricks, rocks, etc.
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diaphonous
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sheer, allows light 2 pass thru
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rapacious
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greedy and consuming
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torpor
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Lethargy; apathy
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balderdash
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nonesense
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precipitous
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very steep
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neologistic
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newly formed language (poets do this a lot)
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secular
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worldly, of the world, of man, not of god, non-religious
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lignite
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low-grade coal
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epaulettes
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those shoulder paddy thingys for military ppl
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plebiscite
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a vote of the common people
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austere
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severe, strict
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sauturi
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a dulsemer (musical instrument)
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perambulator
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old fashioned baby carriage
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consternation
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confusion, dismay
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