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16 Cards in this Set
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Agrarian
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Having to do with farming or agriculture
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Agrarian
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Having to do with farming or agriculture
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Burgeon
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To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish
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Cataclysm
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A sudden and violent change; a catastrophic. adj. cataclysmic
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Culinary
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Having to do with cooking
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Denigrate
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To attach the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner
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Gourmet
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A person who likes fine food and in a good judge of his its quality
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Grandiloquent
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Using lofty or pompous speech or expression n. grandiloquence
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Hybrid
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1. The offspring of two animals or animals of different species or varieties. 2. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition
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Manifold
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Having many different kinds, forms, or parts
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Palatable
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Acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste
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Panacea
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Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all.
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Plebian
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Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined
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Scourge
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n. something that causes great pain and suffering ; a social evil v. to punish severely, especially by whipping; to devastate.
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Stalemate
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A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock
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Temperate
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Mild, moderate; unrestrained
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