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99 Cards in this Set
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accrue
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to accumulate
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apiary
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a place where bees are kept
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bas-relief
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carving or sculpture where the figures are slightly raised
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cherubic
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chubby and innocent looking
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culvert
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artificial channel for water
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disdain
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a feeling of contempt or scorn
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equitable
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fair
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flout
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to mock
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heresy
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an opinion differing from the accepted belief
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inculcate
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to teach persistently
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inveigh
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express strong disaproval
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malapropism
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misuse of words
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noisome
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harmful
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panache
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dashing elegance, flamboyance
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preclude
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prevent
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quench
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to drown out
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sang fraud
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composure or coolness
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soporific
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tending to cause sleep
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torpid
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inactive
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vituperation
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bitter and abusive language
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amiable
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agreeable, socialable
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aura
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a distinctive air
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callow
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without experience, immature
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concupiscence
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lust
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derivative
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copied or adapted from the work of others
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elicit
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to bring out
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expurgate
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to purify
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gratuitous
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freely given
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implausible
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not believable
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innovative
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creative
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laconic
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terse
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mortify
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to humiliate
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odium
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hatred
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plumage
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feathery bird covering :)
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propensity
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natural inclination
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restitution
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the act of making up for a loss
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senescence
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the aging process
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surmise
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to guess
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venial
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capable of being forgiven
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zenith
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the highest point
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adventitious
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resulting from chance
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apprehension
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dread
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bombastic
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pretentious in speech or writing
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citadel
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a fortress
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debonair
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polished, urbane
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divination
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the act of foretelling
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ethereal
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highly refined, exquisite
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frangible
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brittle
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hypothetical
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a guess
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inexorable
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relentless
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jaundice
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yellow discoloration of the skin
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maudlin
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weakly sentimental
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nostalgia
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longing for the past
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pendulous
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hanging loosely or freely
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prerogative
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special privilege
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rankle
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to irritate or anger constantly
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scaffold
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a temporary platform for holding workers
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stringent
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strict
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tremulous
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fearful, timid
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waif
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someone who is orphaned or unclaimed
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abstemious
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moderate
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anathema
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object of intense dislike
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avant garde
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something before its time
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cashiered
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dissmissed from service
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conundrum
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a riddle
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dilapidated
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in a condition of ruin or decay
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ennui
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boredom
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hackneyed
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trite, overused
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inconsequential
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unimportant
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intercede
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to plead on someone else's behalf
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langour
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sluggishness
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narcotic
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a drug that dulls the senses
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ostensible
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apparent or seeming
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potpourri
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a mixture
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pungent
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sharp, biting, stimulating
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rout
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to poke around, dig with the snout
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sinecure
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an extremely easy job
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temerity
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foolish boldness
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vestige
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a trace of something that is no longer present
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allusion
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an indirect reference
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ascribe
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to refer to
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burnished
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glossy or polished
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collate
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to arrange in order
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deference
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submission to the wishes of others
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dupe
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a person easily tricked or fooled
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excise
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to remove or cut out
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gauche
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tasteless, crude
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impassivity
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showing no emotion
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ingenuity
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inventive skill or imagination
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kilter
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good condition
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meritorious
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praiseworthy
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obscure
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difficult to understand
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pestilential
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dangerous, harmful
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procrastinate
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to put off until later
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remorseful
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having pity or compassion
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scurrilous
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vulgar, foul-mouthed
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subversive
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intending to overthrow
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unctuous
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excessively smooth and smug
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winsome
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charming
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