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20 Cards in this Set
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the setting, environmetn, surroundings
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milieu
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lively, vivacious; saucy, impudent, fresh
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pert
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peculiar, weird, bizarre; unorthodox, unconventional; out-of-the-way
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outlandish
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careless, sloppy, lackadaisical
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shiftless
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high-handed, domineering; overriding
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overbearing
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chivalrousness; valor, daring
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gallantry
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to stain, soil, tarnish, pollute; a blot
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taint
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to settle, arbitrate, umpire, referee
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mediate
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to follow, come after, result
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ensue
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to entertain, amuse, divert
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regale
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a peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity
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quirk
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wise, thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute
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judicious
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to pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate
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appease
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to pass on, transmit; to bestow, grant
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impart
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ordinary, commonplace, orthodox
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conventional
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to lure, entrice, entrap; a lure, bait
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decoy
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to refer to, enumerate; to subpoena
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cite
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trady, delayed, behindhand
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belated
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to dig into, probe, investigate
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delve
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disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, fatal
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calamitous
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