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Midterm Flashcards

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Breach

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An opening

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Admonish

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To caution

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Brigand

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A robber

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Circumspect

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Careful

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Commandeer

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To seize for military use

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Cumbersome

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Clumsy

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Deadlock

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A standstill

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Debris

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Wreckage

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Diffuse

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To spread

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Dilemma

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A difficult problem

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Efface

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To wipeout

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Muddle

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To make mess of

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Opinionated

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Stubborn and unreasonable

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Perennial

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Many years

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Predispose

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To incline before

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Relinquish

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To let go

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Salvage

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To save from wreckage

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Spasmodic

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Sudden but brief

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Spurious

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Not genuine

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Unbridled

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Lacking

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Adjourn

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To stop temporarily

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Alien

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Foreigner

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Comely

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A pleasing appearance

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Compensate

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To make up for

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Dissolute

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Loose in behavior

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Erratic

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Not regular

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Expulsion

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Ejection

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Feint

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A trick

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Fodder

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Food for cattle

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Fortify

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To strengthen

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Illegible

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Impossible to read

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Jeer

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To make fun of rudely

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Lucrative

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Bringing in money

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Mediocre

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Average

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Proliferate

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To increase

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Subjugate

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To conquer by force

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Sully

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To pollute

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Tantalize

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To tease

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Terse

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Brief

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Unflinching

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Firm

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Abridge

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To make shorter

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Adherent

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A follower

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Altercation

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An angry argument

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Cherubic

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Resembling an angel

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Condone

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To pardon

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Dissent

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To disagree

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Eminent

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Famous

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Exorcise

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To drive out by magic

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Fabricate

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Create

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Gluttony

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Overeating

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Irate

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Angry

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Marauder

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Raider

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Pauper

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Extremely poor person

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Pilfer

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To steal in small quantities

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Rift

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A break

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Semblance

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A likeness

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Surmount

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Terminate

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Trite

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Usurp

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To seize and hold by force

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Abscond

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Access

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Permission to enter

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Anarchy

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Lack of government

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Arduous

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Auspicious

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Daunt

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To overcome with fear

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Disentangle

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To free from complications

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Fated

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Determined in advance

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Hoodwink

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To mislead

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Inanimate

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Without life

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Incinerate

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To burn to ashes

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Intrepid

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Very brave

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Larceny

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Pliant

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Pompous

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Overly self important

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Precipice

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Very steep cliff

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Prototype

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Rectify

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To correct

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Reprieve

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Temporary delay

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Revile

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Call bad names

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Accomplice

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Person who takes part in a crime

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Annihilate

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To destroy completely

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Arbitrary

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Unreasonable

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Brazen

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Catalyst

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Creates a chemical reaction

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Exodus

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Large departure

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Facilitate

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Incorrigible

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Militant

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Given to fighting

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Morose

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Not friendly

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Opaque

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Paramount

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Top of importance

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Prattle

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Rebut

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Reprimand

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To yell at

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Servitude

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Slapdash

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Stagnant

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Not flowing

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Succumb

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Atone

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To make up for

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Bondage

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Credible

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Believable

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Defray

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To pay for

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Diligent

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Hardworking

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Doleful

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Ghastly

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Hamper

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To Hold back

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Hew

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Impoverished

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Incessant

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Continuous

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Intricate

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Complicated

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Lucid

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Posthumous

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Occurring after death

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Prim

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Sardonic

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Superfluous

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Supplant

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Taunt

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Tenacious

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Holding firmly

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Adieu

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Advent

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Apex

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Assimilate

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Bogus

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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably high

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Interim

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Inundate

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Malign

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To speak evil of

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Meander

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Metropolis

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A large city

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Momentous

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Very important

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Obstreperous

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Pensive

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Thoughtful

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Perilous

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Shoddy

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Poor quality

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Sprightly

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Surly

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Tirade

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Angry speech

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Vagrant

World lit (3 decks)

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