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60 Cards in this Set
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talisman
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charm, amulet
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travail
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labor, work
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cavil
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whine, complain
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vacuous
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empty, hollow, repetitive, fatuous
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taxonomy
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nomenclature, classification
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correlate
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combine, connect
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pendulous
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swinging, swaying
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verve
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vigor, enthusiasm, vivacity
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goad
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prod, coerce
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reprisal
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counter-attack, vendetta, retaliation
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gossamer
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lacy, silky
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bigot
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raist, supremacist
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stoical
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unemotional, serious
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stamina
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endurance, persistance, longevity
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tendentious
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unyielding, steadfast, unwavering
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vendetta
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revenge, vengeance, retribution
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parable
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fable, allegory
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extenuation
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unforeseen
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heretic
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blasphemer
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putative
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tentative, plausible, alleged, suspected
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genealogy
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lineage, ancestry, heritage
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wayward
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impish
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mountebank
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quack, charlatan, bunko
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quell
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subdue, stifle, supress
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pernicious
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dangerous, harmful
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generic
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common, ordinary, unoriginal
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syllogism
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transitive
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cerebration
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consideration, thought, pondering, musing
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tepid
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temperate, lukewarm
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tabloid
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magazine, yellow journalism
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hoary
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white-haired, snowy, frosty
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hoax
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farce, joke, mockery, scam
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holocaust
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fire, conflagration
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nomenclature
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naming system, taxonomy, classification
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logistics
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blueprint, schematics, strategy
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amortize
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extend, prolong, finance
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eschew
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shun, avoid, ostracize, forgo
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maladroit
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klutz, unskilled, awkward, uncoordinated
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disconsolate
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upset, distraught
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junket
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journey, trip, peregrenation
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juxtapose
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contrast, antithesis
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denigrate
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criticize, censure
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hybrid
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cross, fusion, halfblood, bred
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satire
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mockery, sarcasm
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bifurcated
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separate, divide
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argot
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code, lingo, jargon, cant
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espouse
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support, endorse, advocate
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plethora
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cornucopia, array, abundance
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pliant
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malleable, flexible
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adumbrate
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collateral
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collateral
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ransom, equity
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fortitude
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courage
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rescind
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retract, recant
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pompous
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bombastic, arrogant
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posterity
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descendants, future
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stipend
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payment, salary, remuneration
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obfuscate
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circumlocute
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default
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automatic, original
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provenance
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origin, heritage, value
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prowess
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skill, savvy, finesse
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