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15 Cards in this Set
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contrive |
create or bring about by deliberate use of skill and artifice |
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intrepid |
fearless; adventurous |
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pseudonym |
fictitious name, especially one used by an author |
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sagacity |
quality of being sagacious |
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tome |
a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one |
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bulwark |
a defensive wall |
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craven |
contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly |
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morose |
sullen and ill- tempered |
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oscillate |
move or swing back and fourth at a regular speed |
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salubrious |
health- giving; healthy |
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orator |
a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled |
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perilous |
full of danger or risk |
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umbrage |
offense or annoyance |
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specious |
superficially plausible, but actually wrong |
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rancorous |
characterized by bitterness or resentment |
