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100 Cards in this Set
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Acropolis
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The upper fortified part of an Ancient Greek city
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Anarchy
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Absence of government, a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of government
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Beseech
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To beg for urgently or anxiously
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Consent
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To give assent or approval; agree
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Effulgent
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Radiantly splendid: brilliant
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Elegiac
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Expressing sorrow often for something now past
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Expatiate
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To love about freely or at will; wander
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Filch
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To appropriate furtively or casually
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Intuitive
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Known or perceived by intuition
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Labyrinth
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A place constructed by intricate passageways ways. MAZE
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Metaphysical
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Of or relating to the transcendent or to reality beyond what is perceptible to the senses. SUPERNATURAL
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Mortify
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To subdue or deaden especially by abstinence or self-inflicting pain
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Ominous
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Being or exhibiting an omen
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Penitence
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Quality or state of expressing sorrow for sins or faults
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Pilgrimage
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A journey of a pilgrim
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Pretext
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A purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
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Progeny
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A descendants, children
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Prowess
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Distinguishing bravery
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Sovereignty
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Supreme power especially over a body politic
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Treble
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The highest voice part in a harmonic music
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Analogy
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A similarity between like features of two things, on which comparisons may be based
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Braggart
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A person who does a lot of bragging
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Brazen
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Shameless or impudent
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Celestial
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Pertaining to the sky or visible heaven
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Comrade
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A person who shares in ones activities or occupations
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Connoisseur
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A person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in and art
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Drivel
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Saliva flowing from the mouth or mucus from the nose
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Enervate
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To deprive or force or strength
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Exodus
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A going out; a departure or emigration, usually large amount of people
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Jeer
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To speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudley
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Kowtow
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To act in obsequious manner; show servile deference
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Martyr
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A person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion
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Nemesis
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An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome
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Nuptial
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Pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony
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Orb
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A sphere or globe
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Panoplies
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A complete suit of armor
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Promulgate
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To make known by open declaration; publish
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Refrain
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To abstain from an impulse to say or do something
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Resolve
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To come to a definite or earnest decision about
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Sanctity
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Holiness, saintliness or godliness; A SACRED THING
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Chastise
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To inflect punishment on especially by whipping
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Conceit
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An excessively favorable opinion of ones own ability
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Dissoluble
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Capable of being dissolved
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Doctrine
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A particulate principle position or policy taught or advocated ad in a religion or government
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Enmity
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A feeling or condition of hostility
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Enumerate
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To mention separately as if in counting, name one by one
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Epithet
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Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe and actual or attributed quality
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Essence
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The basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significance individual feature or features
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Ether
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One of a class of compounds in which two organic groups are attached directly to an energy atom
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Fallacy
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A deceptive, misleading or false notion, belief
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Gape
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To state with open mouth as in wonder
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Hemlock
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A poisonous plant
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Indolent
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Having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion
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Libation
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Pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity
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Parricide
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The act of killing ones father, mother, and other close relatives
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Perish
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To die or be destroyed through violent privation
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Pious
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Having or showing dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligation
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Sophist
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A person who reasons adroitly and speciously rather than soundly
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Tunic
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A how like outer garment with or without sleeves and sometimes belted
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Wanton
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Done, shown, used
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Battalion
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A ground force of unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or similar units
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Bewilder
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To confuse or puzzle completely; perplexed
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Citadel
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A fortress that commands a city and is used i the control of the inhabitants
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Encompass
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To form a circle about, surround
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Gratitude
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The quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful
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Greave
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A piece of plate armor fort eg leg between the knee and ankle
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Lamenation
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The act of expressing grief
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Marshal
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The military officer of the highest rank
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Mull
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To study or ruminate, ponder
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Pell-mell
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In disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner
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Plunder
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To rob of goods or valuables by open force as in war
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Portent
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An indication or omen of something about the happen
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Revile
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To assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language
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Scabbard
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A sheath for a sword or the like
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Sinew
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A tendon
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Skulk
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To lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason
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Spate
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Sudden, almost overwhelming
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Summkn
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A call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal
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Tumult
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Violent and noisy commotion or disturbance
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Vaunt
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To speak vaingloriously of; BOAST
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Audacious
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Intrepidly DARING
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Cobalt
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A silver-white metallic element
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Conspicuous
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Easily seen or noticed
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Corselet
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A piece of armor covering the trunk
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Cumber
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To hinder or hamper
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Glade
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An open space in a forest
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Goad
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A stick with a pointed or electrically charged end
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Haughty
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Disdainfully proud
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Havoc
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Great destruction or devastation
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Hew
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To strike forcibly with an ax
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Mare
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A female horse
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Pitiless
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Devoid of pity
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Ponder
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To consider something deeply and thoroughly
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Preeminently
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Eminent above or before the others
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Quiver
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To shake with a slight but rapid motion
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Scion
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A descendant
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Supplicate
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To pray humbly, make humbly; make humble or earnest
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Tawny
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Of a darkish yellowish or dull
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Thicket
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A thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees
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Wit
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A keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure
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