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163 Cards in this Set
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credulous
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naive
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conflagration
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destructive fires
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practised
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played tricks
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Bailiff's Hymn
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summons
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warrant
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legal writ of authorization, as a summons
authority, proof |
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Brigadier
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commander of a military brigade
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mien
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manner
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promontory
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peninsula
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filament
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strand, string
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unreeling
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unwinding
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ductile
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squashy, flexible
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gossamer
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delicate, flimsy
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scud
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wind-driven clouds and rain
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cape
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land projecting into a body of water
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abaft
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toward the stern
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onerous
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burdensome
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pallid
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extremely pale
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forenoon
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time between sunrise and noon
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contingencies
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possibilities
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stern
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the rear of a ship or boat
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limn
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draw
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wrested
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obtained by force
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punt
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open flat-bottomed boat with square end, propelled with a pole and used in shallow water
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essay
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attempt
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recordless
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unrecorded
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artisans
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workers
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mows
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storage places for hay or grain
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herd's-grass
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timothy hay or redtop
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rows
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posts used for controlling cattles
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bows
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collars attached to the stanchions
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querulous
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irritable, complaining
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spherule
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miniature sphere
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pellicle
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small pellet
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long sweep
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pole on a pivot with a buckey at one end to raise water from a well
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buskins
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leather boots
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supernal
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heavenly
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lusy
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cheerful, vigorous
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minded
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took notice
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baffled
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frustrated
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couchant
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reclining
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saw
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wise saying
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ensilage
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fodder kept in a silo
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tidies
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decorative protective coverings for the armrest or headrest of a chair
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suet
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fatty tissue from the kidneys of cattle and sheep, used in cooking and making candles
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inurns
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buries
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supine
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lying on one's back
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windrows
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rows made of twigs, branches, or leaves that have been heaped up by the wind
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protuberant
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bulging
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hake
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a marine fish related to and resembling cod
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gouts of foam
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large, shapeless waves of foam
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withes
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tough twigs used for binding things together
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strouding
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coarse woolen cloth
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dumb
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silent
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blandishing
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coaxing with flattery
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mean
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stingy
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prospects
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hopes for advancement
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bedight
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dressed, decked out
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eddies
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currents running contrary to the main current or tradition
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cross-hatched
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marked with two mor more sets of parallel lines
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catechetical
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pertaining to catechism, a brief summary of basic religious principles in question and answer form
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iridescent
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lustrous in appearance
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malicious
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having a desire to hamr others or see others suffer
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indiscretion
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lack of judiciousness in one's speech or behaviour
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unction
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an exaggerated earnestness particularly in language
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fusty
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having an odor of mildew or decay
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crone
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a withered, witchlike old woman
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solicitude
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the quality of being concerned or attentive
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rapt
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deeply absorbed
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embellishments
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acts of adorning or mkaing beautiful
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rookery
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a breeding place for certain birds and animals
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preening
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smoothing feathers with a beak or bill
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Prig
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stuffy moralist
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Bun
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name for a squirrel
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squirrel track
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path for squirrels
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Avatar
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incarnation
manifestation |
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dissolution
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death
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dauntless
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fearless
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sagacious
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shrewd
wise |
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castellated
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built like a castle
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august
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admirable
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buffoons
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clowns
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improvisatori
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musical improvisors
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voluptuous
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luxurious
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vista
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passage
scene |
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bizarre
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odd
fantastic |
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candelabrum
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a large, branched candlestick
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emanating
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issuing from
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embellishments
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decorations
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fete
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festival
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piquancy
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liveliness
charm |
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phantasm
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a phantom or an illusion
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arabesque
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fanciful
a ballet position |
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appointments
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adornments
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wanton
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extravagant
unrestrained |
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anon
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again
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sable
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black
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appals
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makes pale with fear
dismay |
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disapprobation
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disapproval
condemnation |
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habiliments
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clothing
attire |
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mummer
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one who acts or plays in a mask of costume
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impetuosity
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violent force
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cerements
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the winding sheet for a corpse
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illimitable
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boundless
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angled spar
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Iceland spar
a translucent prismatic mineral used in optical instruments |
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inexpedient
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unnecessary and therefore unwise
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indent for
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order
requisition |
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officiousness
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forwardness
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evidence
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supporting testimony
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tench
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edible fish of Eurasia
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perquisites
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extra benefits
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portentously
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awesomely
pompously |
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tiffin
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luncheon
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perfunctory
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conducted routinely, with little interest or care
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peritonitis
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inflammation of the membrane lining the wall of the abdomincal cavity
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viaduct
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several arches used to carry a road or railroad across a valley or over another road or railroad
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pallor
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severe paleness
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knoll
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small, rounded hill
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raucous
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harsh
disorderly |
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desultory
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occurring randomly
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sconce
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wall-hung candleholder
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tapers
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candles
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dais
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canopy
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assauge
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diminish
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review
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ceremonial presentation of troops
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petulant
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unreasonably irritable
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sounded
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trying to learn how one feels about something
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buckram
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a rough cotton fabric heavily coated with glue
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vignettes
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brief descriptions
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hedonist
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one who believes pleasure if the chief god
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interlocutor
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one who takes part in a conversation
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worried
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agitated
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glairy
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glazed
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character
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reputation
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blasted
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blown to fragments
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perfidiousness
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treachery
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litter
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a couch mounted on poles
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anarchy
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lawlessness
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praetors
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magistrates just below the rank of consul
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seer
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prophet
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cohorts
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division of a legion containing several hundred men each
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diadem
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ornamental headband
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prodigies
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omens
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amnesty
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general pardon
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genius
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presiding spirit
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reconnoitre
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to make a careful inspection of
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consideration
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high regard or importance
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parley
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discussion
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sublunary
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of this earth
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morass
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soggy ground
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avidity
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eagerness
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equivocal
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capable of misleading
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protuberance
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bulge
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redoubtable
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arousing fear
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quiescence
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inactiveness
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superfluity
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excess
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imbroglios
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disagreements
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poltroon
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horrible coward
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importunities
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persistent requests
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disengaged
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caused
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bindled
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bound together
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cocksure
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certain
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scudding
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swiftly and easily running
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shoals
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large groups
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