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20 Cards in this Set
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Impertinent |
not showing proper respect; rude |
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Odious |
extremely unpleasant; repulsive |
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Cunning |
devious, wily, scheming |
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Deference |
humble submission and respect |
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Monger |
a dealer or trader in a specified commodity (fishmonger) |
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Cudgel |
A short thick stick used as a weapon |
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Rend |
tear something into two or more pieces |
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Sloop |
A one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib. A SMALL SAILBOAT WITH ONE MAST |
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Privation |
When things that are essential for a persons well being such as food and warmth are scarce |
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Profane |
to (treat something) sacred with irrelevance of disrespect. |
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Exult |
to show a feeling of elation or to rejoice, especially as the result of a success |
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Equipage |
a carriage and horses with attendants. |
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Imbibe |
drink alcohol |
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Obdurate |
stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. |
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Servile |
showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others |
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Preserving |
maintain something in its original or existing state |
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Reprove |
Reprimand of censure someone. Scolded |
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Expedient |
(an action) that is convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral. |
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Perpetrator |
someone who has committed a crime or done something pretty bad |
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Untimely |
something that happens at an unsuitable time |
