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27 Cards in this Set
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petulant
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Irritable; erasable; peevish; churlish; cantankerous
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proximity
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nearness; propinquity
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elitist
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feel superior; favor someone with money; supercilious; pompous
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paradox
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contradiction
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auspicious
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fortunate; opportune; lucky; phallisidus
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in lieu of
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instead of; in place of
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sobriquet
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nickemane
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dramatis personae
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people involved in drama; characters
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Verily
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truly
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vichyssoise
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chilled soup; soup of words
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verbiage
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long winded; wordy; orally and written; Circumlocution
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veer
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move suddenly; turn suddenly
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verbose
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laquatios, chatty, gregarious
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rend
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cut; tear; sever
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smite
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strike; defeat; with all his might
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rue
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regret; remorse; contrition; resent; repent
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perilous
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dangerous
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gossamer
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thin; delicate; lacy; spiderweb
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bereavement
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grieve over a loss
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liaison
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agent representatives; secret love affair
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consolations
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sympathy; comfort; condolences
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unrequited
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not returned; unreciprocated
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viable
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pliable; possible
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disenfranchised
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lack of power; no power
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proletariat
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working class; plebeians
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alturistic
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selfless; philanthropic
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Serendipity
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A fortunate accident; pleasant surprise
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