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26 Cards in this Set
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aloof
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at a distant; disinterested
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amorous
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showing or expressing love
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betrothed
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engaged to be married
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curfew
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a specific time in which after, certain rules apply
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dire
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causing suffering or indicating trouble, disaster
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dirge
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a funeral song or a mournful tune
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ensign
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a flag or banner; a badge; a token or emblem
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inauspicious
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unfavorable
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inexorable
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not to be persuaded or moved
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infirm
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feeble or weak in body or health
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inter
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to place a dead body in a grave or tomb
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inundation
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to flood or overwhelm
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liege
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a feudal lord
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obsequies
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a funeral rite or ceremony
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paramour
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a lover
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penury
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extreme poverty
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pestilence
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epidemic disease or something considered harmful
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pine
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vitality from grief or longing
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prostrate
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to cast down to the ground in humility or submission
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rigor
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strictness, severity, or harshness
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scourge
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a person who applies punishment
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sepulcher
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a tomb, grave, or burial place
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shroud
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a cloth in which a corpse is wrapped for burial
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subtly
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fine or delicate
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sunder
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to seperate
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unsavory
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unappealing
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