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19 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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dexterous; deft
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herculean
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displaying super human strength or power
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trundled
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a small wheel or roller, the motion of noise or rolling
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porte-cochere
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a carriage entrance leading through a building or a wall into an inner courtyard
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camphor
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an aromatic crystalline compound from the wood/leaves of camphor tree
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marquises
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a nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl or a count
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esplanade
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a flat open stretch of pavement or grass, especially one designed as a promenade along a shore
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beldame
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an old woman, especially if she's ugly
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truncated
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to shorten by or as if by cutting off
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precipice
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the brink of a dangerous or disastrous situation
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penitent
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felling or expressing remorse for one's sins
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ethereal
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characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
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bourgeois
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a person whose attitudes and behavior are middle class
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consternation
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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harangues
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a long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering
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diminuitiveness
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extremely small in size; tiny
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enigma
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one that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable
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mendicant
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depending on alms for a living; practicing begging
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habituates
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to accustom by frequent repetition or prolonged exposure
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