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20 Cards in this Set
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Confidant |
A person with whom one shares personal matters or secrets |
A person you share secrets with |
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Conjecture |
A conclusion based on incomplete or indefinite evidence |
To guess |
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Constrain |
To force ,to compel ,to overpower ,to restrict |
To control |
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Enigma |
A person or thing that is puzzling ambiguous or inexplicable |
Mysterious |
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Escutheon |
A shield or shield shaped emblem bearing a coat of arms |
A sheild |
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Fiend |
A cruel ,diabolical ,or evil person |
Someone who is bad or evil |
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Futile |
Having no useful result |
Hopeless |
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Indefatigable |
Untiring, tireless |
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Pathos |
A quality in someone or something that arouses feeling is a pity ,sympathy ,tenderness, or sorrow in another |
A monarch |
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Potentate |
A monarch one who has the power and position to rule over others |
A loner |
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Posterity |
Future generations; all of a person's descendants |
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Speculate |
To reflect creatively on a given subject, usually considering several aspects; to engage in risky business ventures that offer the change of a large profits |
To be lively |
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Stigmatize |
To characterise our brand as disgraceful |
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Solace |
Comfort in sorrow or distress; to offer comfort to one in distress |
To be full of misery |
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Recluse |
One who lives in solitude and seclusion |
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Transmute |
To change from one form, nature, or condition to another |
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Vicissitude |
A sudden or unexpected change |
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Vivacity |
Liveliness and spirit |
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Infer |
To deduce from evidence to reach in logical conclusion |
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Wretched |
Full of misery or woe, dismal; contemptiable |
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