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30 Cards in this Set
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a place for the care of the infirm sick or injured. Small hospital institution
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infirmary
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Important person
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grandee
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render motionless
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transfix
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ten commandments
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Deaclogue
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indecisively
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irresolute
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great light or luster brilliance
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splendor
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to clear of accusation blame suspicion or doubt with a supporting arguement
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vindicate
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tiny very small in number...
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infinitesimal
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people ob specific missions secret agents
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emissaries
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a position that brings advantages but involves little or no work
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sinecure
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to alter the outward appearence of transform
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transfigure
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like a small and aggressive fowl
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bantam
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a semi-cicular projection at the east end of a church
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apse
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exemption
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dispensation
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a standard or banner, as of a military unit
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ensign
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to pass beyond the limits of
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transcend
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a highly poisonous metallic element having 3 allotropic forms
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arsenic
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a musician with masterly ability
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virtuoso
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of relating to or characteristic of conspirators or a conspiracy-an agreement to perform togetger an illegal act
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conspiratorial
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not fully worked out, concluded or agreed on, provisional
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tentative
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tending to provoke stimulate
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provocative
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not possbile
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inplausibility
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hinted at suggested indirectly
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insinuated
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manifesting or feeling contempt scornful
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contemptuous
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unexpectedly sudden
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abrupt
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skill and grace in physical movement especially in the use of the hands
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dexterity
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angered by injustice
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indignant
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possessibf or exhibiting great wealth
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opulent
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a float moored in water ot mark a locationg warn of danger or indicate a nacigational channel
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buoyed
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the quality or condition of being grand magnificence
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grandeur
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