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29 Cards in this Set
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Orfice |
Mouth; opening |
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Hallow |
To make holy |
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Perdition |
Damnation; ruin; hell |
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Chaff |
Worthless matter |
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Aesthetic |
Pertaining to beauty |
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Empirical |
Based on practical experience rather than theory |
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Germane |
Relevant; fitting |
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Hermetic |
Tightly sealed |
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Meretricious |
Attractive in a cheap, flashy way |
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Querulous |
Complaining; grumbling |
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Flacid |
Flabby |
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Hospice |
A shelter for travelers, orphans, or the ill or destitutw |
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Egregious |
Remarkably bad; outrageous |
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Foment |
To stir up; to incite |
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Salient |
Significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest |
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Recant |
To withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion |
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Jocular |
Humorous; lighthearted |
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Palliate |
To ease; to lessen; to soothe |
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Malleable |
Capable of being changed; easily shaped |
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Recreant |
A coward; a traitor |
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Affinity |
An attraction to |
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Impalable |
Unable to be felt; intangible |
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Fiscal |
Pertaining to finances |
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Regale |
To delight with something pleasing or amusing |
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Miscreant |
A vicious person |
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Flagellate |
To whip; to lash |
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Lascivious |
Lustful or lewd |
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Flout |
To ridicule; to show contempt for |
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Salacious |
Obscene; lustful |
