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50 Cards in this Set
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Immutable
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unchangeable
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Jocose
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humorous
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Lackey
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a submissive attendant
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Malign
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slander
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Oblivion
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forgetfulness
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Pandemonium
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chaos
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Quell
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subdue
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Rasping
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harsh sounding, grating
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Salient
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jutting out
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Tart
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sharp of taste
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Unremitting
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without stopping
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Vassal
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slave
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Wastrel
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person who spends money wrecklessly
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Abstruse
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profound, obscure
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Bauble
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cheap toy
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Callow
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immature
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Deference
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submission to another's will or opinion
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Efficacious
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potent to produce an effect
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Fastidious
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hard to please; squeamish
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Gauche
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clumsy
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Harangue
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a noisy, ranting speech
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Impasse
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barrier
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Jostle
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push against; collide
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Laconic
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sparing of words
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Manacle
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handcuff; fetter
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Obloquy
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abusive criticism
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Panegyric
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praise
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Neophyte
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beginner
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Querulous
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constantly complaining
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Raucous
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harsh sounding, shrill
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Sanctimonious
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outwardly religious
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Tautological
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needlessly repetitive; wordy
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Unwonted
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unaccustomed
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Veracity
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truthfulness
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Waylay
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lie in wait for
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Accolade
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salutation
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Beget
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produce offspring; cause
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Clumny
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false, malicious accusation
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Delectable
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pleasant
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Effigy
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a dummy
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Fatuous
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silly
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Gaudy
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showy
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Harbinger
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one that precedes
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Impeccable
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faultless
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Junto
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concil; conniving group
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Lacteal
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milky
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Mandatory
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imperative
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Obnoxious
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harmful
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Paradox
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a seemingly self-contradictory statement
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Quiescence
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quiet
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