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Canasta

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Noun a card game resembling rummy using two packs of cards.

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Unscrupulous

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Adjective; unprincipled

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Tiff

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Noun; a slight of petty quarrel

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Grippe

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Noun; influenza or the flu

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Ostracize

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Verb; to exclude

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Galoshes

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Noun; Waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.

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Psychoanalyze

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Verb; to treat mental or emotional problems.

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Crumby

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Adjective; loathsome; disgusting, lousy.

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Pacifist

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Noun; A person that believes that war violence is unjustifiable.

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Incognito

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Adjective; having one’s identity concealed.

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Jitterbugging

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Verb; doing the jitterbug dance; noun; avast dance popular in the 1940’s.

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Conscientious

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Adjective; wishing to do what is right.

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