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90 Cards in this Set
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enmity
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hated between two people, hostility
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enemy
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chorister
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singer, boy in choir
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choir
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decorous
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proper manners
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decked out
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hiatus
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break, pause, vacation, interval
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holiday
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efflorescence
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bloom, flourish
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flower
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bastion
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fort, wall
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battle
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tumult
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chaos, disorder
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too much
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tirade
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tantrum, sermon, yelling
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preacher
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ebullience
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enthusiasm, excitement
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bubbly
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recrimination
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blame, accusation
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criminal
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declivities
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slopes, hills
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decline
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tacit
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clear, eaily understood
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inscrutable
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mysterious, confusing
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in=not
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vicissitudes
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fortunes, luck
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gambling
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oppressive
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forceful, intense, severe
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press on
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appalled
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horrified, shocked, surprised
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blatant
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loud, noisy; ovious, bold
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clamored
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demanded, complained, argued over
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inarticulate
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unable to speak clearly
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indigo
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deep blue, purple
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ineffectual
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unable to produce desired results
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jeer
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mock, taunt, tease
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leviathan
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sea monster; any huge thing
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ludicrous
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crazy, ridiculous, absurd
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malevolent
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mean spirited, to wish harm on
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mirage
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illusion of water or heat
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mutinous
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rebellious; against authority
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sinewy
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muscular, "ripped"
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taboo
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cultural no-no's, unwritten laws
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theorem
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proposed idea without proof
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enmity
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hatred between two people, hostility
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chorister
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singer, boy in choir
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decorous
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polite behavior, proper manners
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hiatus
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break, interval, pause
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efflorescence
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bloom, flourish
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bastion
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fort, wall, protection
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tumult
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chaos, disorder
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tirade
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sermon, tantrum, yelling fit
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ebullience
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enthusiasm, excitement
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recrimination
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blame, accusation
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declivities
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slopes, hills
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tacit
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easily understood, clear
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inscrutable
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confusing, mysterious
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vicissitudes
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fortunes, luck
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oppressive
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forceful, intense, severe
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appalled
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horrified, shocked, surprised
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blatant
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loud, noisy; ovious, bold
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clamored
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demanded, complained, argued over
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inarticulate
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unable to speak clearly
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indigo
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deep blue, purple
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ineffectual
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unable to produce desired results
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jeer
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mock, taunt, tease
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leviathan
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sea monster; any huge thing
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ludicrous
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crazy, ridiculous, absurd
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malevolent
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mean spirited, to wish harm on
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mirage
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illusion of water or heat
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mutinous
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rebellious; against authority
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sinewy
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muscular, "ripped"
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taboo
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cultural no-no's, unwritten laws
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theorem
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proposed idea without proof
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accessible
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available, within reach
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crestfallen
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sad, disapppointed
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impervious
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unable to pierce or break through; unaware
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loiter
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hang around, wait, linger
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enterprise
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a big job, an undertaking
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sensuous
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pleasurable; anyhing involving the 5 senses
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glower
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frown, stare angrily
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rebuke
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correct, scold
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fervor
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great emotion, passion; determination
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demure
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modest, shy
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corpulant
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fat, heavy, large
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buffeted
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struck, hit, beat up
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static
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inactive, resting, unchanging
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saunter
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walk with confidence, cocky stride
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cascade
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flow over, spill out as in waterfalls
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compelled
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forced, strongly persuaded
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ambush
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sneak attack
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myopia
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nearsightedness
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quaver
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shake, sway
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falter
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trip, lose one's footing, fall behind
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talisman
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(good luck) charm, a ring, a stone
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vegetation
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any plant growth, ivy
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sniveling
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crying and sniffing
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cordon
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line or circle of troops guarding an area
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acrid
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sharp or bitter taste or smell; esp. smoke
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elephantine
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huge, monsterous, gigantic
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luminous
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bright, shiny
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liberation
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freedom
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wary
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unsure, cautious
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parry
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to ward of a blow, dodge, evade
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