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25 Cards in this Set
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Arbitrating
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reach an authoritative judgment or settlement.
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Culled
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select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.
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Distraught
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deeply upset and agitated.
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Entreat |
ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something. |
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Immoderately |
not sensible or restrained; excessive. |
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Inundation |
an overwhelming abundance of people or things. |
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pensive |
engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. |
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Prostrate |
lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission." |
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Resolution |
a firm decision to do or not to do something. |
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Solace |
comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness. |
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Spited
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deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone).
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Surcease
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bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
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Abhorred
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regard with disgust and hatred.
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apprehend |
arrest (someone) for a crime.
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canopy |
an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed.
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Contempt
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the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn."
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Disperse
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distribute or spread over a wide area.
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Inexorable
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distribute or spread over a wide area."
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Interred
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place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
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Penury
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extreme poverty; destitution.
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Presage
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(of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen.
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Remnants
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a small remaining quantity of something.
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Righteous
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(of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous.
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Steeped
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soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavor or to soften it.
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Wretchedness
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despicable, contemptible, or mean: a wretched miser. 4. poor, sorry, or pitiful; worthless: a wretched job of sewing.
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