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20 Cards in this Set
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Improvident
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Lacking foresight or thrift
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Emissary
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A person sent on a mission
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Tendrils
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The threadlike parts of climbing plants
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Poignant
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Emotionally moving
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Tentative
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Hesitant, uncertain
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Prophesied
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Predicted, foretold
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Feign
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Pretend
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Harbingers
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Persons or things that announce what will follow
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Devoid
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Lacking; empty of
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Esoteric
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Intended for a chosen few
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Incipient
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Just beginning to exist
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Requisite
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Necessary, essential
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Sonorous
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Having a full, deep, rich sound
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Voluble
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Talkative
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Tethered
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Tied to a rope or chain
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Guttural
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Harsh, rasping; loosely produced in the throat
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Callow
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Young and inexperienced, immature
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Miscreant
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Criminal; wicked
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Caste
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A rigid social or occupational class or group
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Ostracize
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To banish, cast out
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