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86 Cards in this Set
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(28) harrowed
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unnerved
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(28) refractory
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uncooperative
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(28) rankle
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irritate
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(28) gossamers
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feathers
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(28) deprecation
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reproachfulness
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(25) ferreted out
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track down, hunt out
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(26) curtly
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abruptly, impolitely, snappishly, tersely
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(26) perturbation
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confusion, bewilderment, uneasiness, bothering
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(27) gable
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the portion of the front or side of a building, usually triangular or nearly triangular in shape, enclosed by or masking the edn of a roof that slopes downward from a central ridge
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(27) spangles
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spots, beads
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(26) effectual
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satisfactory, sufficient, functional
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(26) fractious
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irritable, quarrelsome
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(25) ingenuously
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undeceptively, sincerely, genuinely, forthrightly
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(26) aggravating
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irritating, annoying
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(26) rapture
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thrill, euphoria
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(28) consternation
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bewilderment
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(28) askance
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distrustfully
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(26) resolutely
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determinedly, firmly, relentlessly
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(28) kindred
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tribe, extended family
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(25) qualms
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regrets, misgivings, doubts
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(28) obdurate
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unyielding
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(27) eaves
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the overhanging lower edge of a roof
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(26) potent
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powerful, strong
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(26) stipulations
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conditions, prerequisites, specifications
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(26) tempestuous
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stormy, violent, intense
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(26) indignantly
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angrily, resentfully
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(25) elusive
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evasive, intangible, inexplicable
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(29) bowery
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(adjective) leafy, shady
bower = leafy & shady enclave, arbor (could also refer to summer cottage, country cottage) |
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(28) behooved
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be obligatory, be suitable, be advantageous
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(26) reproachful
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disapproving, critical
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(26) hinder
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impede, restrain
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(26) providential
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advantageous, convenient
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(26) breach
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break, gap, offense, transgression
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(26) predilection
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tendency
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(25) revelation
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surprise, unmasking
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(26) consolation
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comfort, sympathy
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(26) gimlet
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borer (sharp-pointed thing used to make holes)
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(26) affliction
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adversity, suffering
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(25) gauntlet
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hardship
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(29) writhing
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squirming
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(25) ludicrously
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comically
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(25) ethereal
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delicate, fine, wispy
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(25) reverie
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daydream
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(28) rejoinder
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response
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(29) staccato
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steady beat (rhythmic, characterized by shortened notes or clipped speech)
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(25) spry
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energetic
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(25) deftly
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skillfully
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(29) sarcasm
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mockery
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(25) sundry
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various, varied
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(26) deprecatingly
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condemningly, disparagingly (in such a way as to indicate earnest disapproval of)
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(29) retort
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answer
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(25) traversed
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walked
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(25) perforce
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as a matter of course
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(25) pessimism
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gloom
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(25) wistful
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wishful, forlorn
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(25) decorum
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protocol, dignity, good manners
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(25) enticed
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tempted
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(25) innovation
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transformation, renovation (something new or different introduced)
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(25) vivacity
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liveliness
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(27) jocoser
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jesting, joking
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(27) hoisted
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lifted, raised
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(27) fete
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feast
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(28) imploring
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begging
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(28) abashed
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disconcerted
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(28) abasement
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degradation
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(28) glibly
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smoothly (smoothly-spoken)
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(28) fortnight
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two weeks
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(28) skeptical
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distrustful
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(28) catechism
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belief system, religion
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(28) tremulous
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quaky, quivery
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(29) furbelows
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edging
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(28) Parthian shaft (or Parthian shot)
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parting shot (a sharp, telling remark or gesture made in departing)
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(29) deprecatory
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reproachful
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(29) brusquely
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abruptly
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(29) brooch
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breastpin, clasp
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(29) compunction
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remorse
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(29) rigmarole
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nonsense
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(29) consumption
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expenditure
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(29) beguiled
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misled
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(29) dolefully
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mournfully
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(29) sacrilegious
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blasphemous
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(29) sublime
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lofty
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(29) abets
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encourages
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(29) sallow
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wan
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(29) tribulations
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hardships
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(29) cranny
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fissure
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