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38 Cards in this Set
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August
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inspiring admiration
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Hereditary
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capable of passing
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Edict
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an authoritative command
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Archaic
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marked by characteristics of an earlier period
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Pallid
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pale
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Temerity
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reckless boldness
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Tableau
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a picture
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Vindicate
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to justify
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Humanize
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to make humane
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"Noblesse Oblige"
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powerful social position
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Impervious
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impenetrable
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Cabal
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a clique
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Virulent
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actively poisonous
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Perverse
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persistent in what is wrong
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Sibilant
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characterized by a hissing sound
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Macabre
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gruesome and horrifying
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Acrid
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bitterly pungent
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Pall
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a coffin
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Cuckold(ed)
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the husband of an unfaithful wife
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Explicate
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to explain
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analyze
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to examine critically
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innate
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inherent in something's character
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universal
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involving all
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subjective
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characteristic of an idividual
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exalt
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to raise in honor
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disparage
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to belittle
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diurnal
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daily
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lacuna
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a gap
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aporia
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expression of doubt
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pathetic
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pitiful
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pathos
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evoking pity
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bathetic
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characterized by sentimentality
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bathos
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sentimentality
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subvert
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to overthrow
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subversive
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tending to subvert
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obviate
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to anticipate and prevent
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mythologize
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to make mythical
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demythologize
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to make less mysterious
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