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89 Cards in this Set
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adept
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highly skilled
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amorous
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in love
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avid
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very eager
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celestial
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of the heavens
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deceptive
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intended to deceive
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dire
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dreadful
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elective
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optional
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eligible
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fit to be chosen
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to found
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to melt and pour into a mold
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fusion
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a melting together
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host
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an army
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to imprecate
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to pray for evil
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incipient
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just beginning to exist
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inevitable
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unavoidable
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ingress
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an entrance
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to inject
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to throw in a remark
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minim
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smallest liquid measure
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monitor
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something which reminds
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oriole
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a group of yellow and black birds
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quantity
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an amount
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parsimonious
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miserly, extremely frugal
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tutelage
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guardianship, care; protection
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elocution
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a manner of speaking in public
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ornate
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excessively decorated
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omniscient
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all-knowing
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potent
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powerful
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cede
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to give up
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err
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to make a mistake
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depraved
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wicked, corrupt
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omnipotent
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all-powerful
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regression
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a return to a previous place or state
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venial
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not beyond forgiveness
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commemorate
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to keep alive the remembrance of
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aberrant
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straying from the normal course
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mandate
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an order
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modus operandi
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a method of operating
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to verify
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to prove the truth of
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transitive
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in grammar, expressing action carried from the subject to the object
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riparian
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relating to the banks of a stream
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punt
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fearfully daring
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pontiff
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the pope or a bishop
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perfidious
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treacherous
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to infest
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to overrun in numbers large enough to be threatening
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to incarcerate
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to shut in
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transient
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passing with time
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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exhume
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to remove from a grave
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equestrian
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one who performs on horseback
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egress
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path for going out
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comprehensive
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marked by txtensive understanding
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colloquial
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conversational
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trance
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a semiconscious state
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audacious
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an open, flat-bottom boat
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immemorial
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extending beyond memory
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latent
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existing, but not apparent
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cogent
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convincing, forceful
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subpoena
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written order commanding apperance in court
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lesion
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a wound or injury
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suave
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mooth in manner
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aperture
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a hole, slit, or other opening
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extraordinary
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outside of the ordinary
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oral
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spoken rather than written
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testify
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to serve as a witness
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accident
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an unexpected event
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captivate
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to fascinate with charm
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nescience
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lack of knowledge
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tribunal
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real or imagince seat of authority
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docile
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easy to teach
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rebel
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to oppose authority or control
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instruct
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to give directions or orders to
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ulterior
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further
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provincial
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countrified
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accusatory
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making a charge of wrongdoing
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belligerence
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a warlike state
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cohort
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an associate
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prebend
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church's revenue given to a clergyman
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ablation
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removal
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legate
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an ambassador or representative
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falsetto
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an artificail way of singing
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ablative
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case expressing direction from
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perfidy
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deliberate breaking of trust
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interregnum
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interval between 2 successive reigns
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referendum
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submitting a law or bill to direct vote of the people
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collect
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to gather
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penult
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the one next to the last
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regnant
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predominant
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bellicose
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of a quarrelsome or hostile nature
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quota
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share each is called to contribute
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docent
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teacher not on the regular faculty
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