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49 Cards in this Set
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foretell
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tell before it happens
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mimic
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imitate
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transient
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shortlived, person who stays briefly then moves on
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torpid
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sluggish
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fluent
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smooth-flowing, able to speak easily
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temporal
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non-spirtual
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divulge
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make known
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ephemeral
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shortlived
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enclousure
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material accompanying a letter, space shut in on all sides
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recoil
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spring back
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nebulous
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vague, cloudlike group of stars
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chasten
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punish
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snub
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short, rudely ignore
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epitome
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person or thing typifying a quaility
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skimp
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aplend as little time as possible
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solar
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of the sun
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ennui
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boredom
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doughty
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bold and strong
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treatise
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formal essay
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uncouth
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crude
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appraise
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estimate worth, judge quaility of
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latent
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hidden
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demise
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transfer
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futile
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useless
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heterodox
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not generally accepted
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apparition
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ghostlike figure
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tonic
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medicine that restores vitallity
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myriad
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countless
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eshchew
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shun
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euphoria
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feeling of wellbeing
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tractable
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easily managed
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pervade
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spread throughout
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vouch
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support by speaking up
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gulliable
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easily decieved
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alumni
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graduates
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suave
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gracious and self-assured
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transpose
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reverse the letter, write in different key
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intrepid
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fearless
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credence
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belief in what another says
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portcullis
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iron gate that closes off gateway
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rime
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poem, frozen mist
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malingerer
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person who pretends to be ill
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bandy
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bowlegged, gossip
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embellish
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add decorative details
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acquiesce
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agree without protest
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amorous
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loving
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arbitrary
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based on a personal whim
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annotated
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explanatory notes
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martyr
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person who dies for their cause
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