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64 Cards in this Set
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Arbiter
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A judge, one who makes decisions
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Arboreal
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Pertaining to trees
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Avarice
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Greed
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Awry
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Off of the proper route or direction
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Artifice
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Trickery
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Borough
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Incorporated village or town
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Brandish
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Wave triumphantly or menacingly
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Brethren
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Members of a brotherhood, society, or association
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Brusque
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Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech
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Bumptious
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Pushy, aggressively self assertive
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Cabal
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Group of conspirators
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Cajole
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To persuade through flattery
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Capacious
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Roomy
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Carrion
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Carcass
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Chasten
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To correct by punishment
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Arbiter
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A judge, one who makes decisions
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Arboreal
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Pertaining to trees
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Avarice
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Greed
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Awry
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Off of the proper route or direction
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Artifice
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Trickery
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Borough
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Incorporated village or town
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Brandish
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Wave triumphantly or menacingly
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Brethren
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Members of a brotherhood, society, or association
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Brusque
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Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech
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Bumptious
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Pushy, aggressively self assertive
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Cabal
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Group of conspirators
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Cajole
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To persuade through flattery
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Capacious
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Roomy
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Carrion
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Carcass
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Chasten
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To correct by punishment
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Clandestine
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Secret
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Circumnavigate
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To sail around
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Collusion
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Secret agreement for wrongful purposes
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Complicity
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partnership in wrong-doing
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Condolence
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Expression of sympathy
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Cynosure
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An object of interest, something that guides
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Delectable
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Pleasant to senses, especially taste
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Demagogue
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A tyrant
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Denouement
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Part of story after climax/ending
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Dogma
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A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority
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Elegy
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A lyrical poem lamenting the dead
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Exigent
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Urgent
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Extant
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Existing
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Flux
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Constant movement of an object
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Fortnight
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Two weeks
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Granular
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Composed of small grains or pieces
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Gyrate
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To revolve
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Impute
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To attribute
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Lingo
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Language
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Lucrative
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Highly Profitable
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Nimble
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Agile, light quick in motion
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Nuance
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Small differences
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Pandemic
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Affecting many people and large areas
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Patricide
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Murder of one's father
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Perjure
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to swear falsely to
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Pernicious
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Harmful
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Plebian
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Common
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Rectify
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To correct
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Saline
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Consisting of salt
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Seethe
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To be violently excited
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Somnolent
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Sleepy
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Suffrage
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Right to vote
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Taciturn
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Disinclined to conversation; quiet
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Vestige
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A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone
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