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115 Cards in this Set
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ponderous
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massive, unwieldy
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edifice
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a building, especially one of important size
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inauspicious
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ill-omened
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portal
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doorway or entrance
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frailty
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a weakness, moral or physical
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indubitable
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unquestionable; undoubtedly
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scourged
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whipped, flogged; chastened severely
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vagrant
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wandering beggar; tramp
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demeanor
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a person's manner toward others
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transgressor
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sinner
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rotund
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plump
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grisly
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horrifying; gruesome
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evanescent
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transitory; fleeting
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ignominy
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dishonor; degradation
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pillory
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a wooden framework with holes for hands and head, used as punishment
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vie
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to contend or compete with
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cloister
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a place of religious seclusion
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visage
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the face or facial expression of a person
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grievous
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serious or dire; grave
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infamy
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a bad reputation; notoriety
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mien
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manner; appearance
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eminent
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distinguised, as in reputation
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unadulterated
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not mixed or diluted; pure
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tremuluos
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timid; fearful
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plaintive
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sorrowful; mournful
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lurid
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causing shock or horror
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remorseless
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merciless
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somber
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dark; gloomy; melancholy
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inscrutable
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impenetrable; enigmatic
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progenitor
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a direct ancestor
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mortify
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to shame, humiliate
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penitence
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repentance for one's sins
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insidious
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spreading harm in a stealthy way
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venerable
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worthy of respect by virtue of position, dignity, or age
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vulgar
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common; ill-bred; offensive
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balm
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something that soothes or comforts
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adverse
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hostile; unfavorable
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ensue
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to follow immediately
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revile
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to denounce with abusive language
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perverse
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obstinately persisting in an error or fault
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efficacy
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power to produce desired effect
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ludicrous
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absurd; ridiculous
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pristine
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in a pure, uncorrupted state
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impervious
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cannot be penetrated or affected
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attribute
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characteristic; trait
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exigency
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urgent requirement; pressing need
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physiognomy
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facial features
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annals
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records; histories
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temporal
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pertaining to time; worldly as opposed to spiritual
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sunder
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break apart; divide
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vindicate
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to clear of blame; to justify
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zeal
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enthusiastic and diligent devotion
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heterogenuous
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consisting of unlike parts
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deportment
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conduct, especially correct conduct
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impel
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to urge; compel
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intrusive
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entering rudely or inappropriately
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vilify
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to defame; to belittle maliciously
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intimated
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hinted; implied subtly
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conjurer
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magician; sorcerer
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premeditated
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planned or plotted in advance
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manifest
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to show plainly; reveal
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extant
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in existence; not destroyed
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depravity
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corruption
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affinity
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kinship; spiritual relationship or attraction
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erudite
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learned; having wide knowledge
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emblem
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an object or picture that becomes a symbol
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retribution
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punishment
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importunate
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stubbornly persistent
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decorous
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proper; conforming to social conventions
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iniquity
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sin; a grossly immoral act
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constrain
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to compel; to restrain
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antipathy
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aversion; (originaly opposition in feeling)
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend
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odious
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hateful; repugnant
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rebuke
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to criticize sharply; reprimand
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defile
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to corrupt; to profane; to make dirty
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penance
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an act to work out one's sins
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vigil
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a watch kept durign normal sleeping hours
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zenith
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point of th eheavens vertically above
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malevolence
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ill will; malice
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diabolic
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devilish; wiked; fiendish
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ethereal
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heavenly; spiritual
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pith
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the essential or central part of anything
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dissemble
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to fake; to simulate
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somnuambulism
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sleep-walking
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inextricable
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cannot be disentangled
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expiate
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to make atonement for
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reverberate
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to re-echo; resound
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conjecture
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guess
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torpid
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sluggish; lethargic
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replete
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plentifully supplied; abounding
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despotic
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tyrannical
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labyrinth
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maze
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acquiesce
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yield; surrender
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propinquity
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nearness; kinship
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mantle
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cloak or something like a cloak
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capricious
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fickle; changeable; subject to whim
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sterling
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of the highest quality
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talisman
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an object believed to bestow magical powers on its bearer
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disembodied
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freed (a spirit) from a body
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estranged
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separated from place or affections
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devoid
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completely lacking; empty
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obviate
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to make unnecessary
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blighted
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withered; impaired
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blighted
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withered; impaired
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deleterious
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hurtful
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sedulous
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diligent; steadily industrious
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indefatigable
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untiring
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audacity
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effrontery; temerity; contempt for the restraints of law, religion, or decorum
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effluence
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something that flows out
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doleful
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mournful; sad
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trammel
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to confine; hinder; entrap
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irrevocable
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cannot be undone or taken back
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inured
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hardened to something undesirable
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decorous
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proper; suitable to the occasion, time, place
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