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31 Cards in this Set
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slack |
negligent; weak |
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inudation |
overwhelm or overflow |
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arbitrating |
deciding a dispute |
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shrift |
confession |
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orisons |
prayers |
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solace |
consolation: alleviation of grief or pain |
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beguiled |
to lead by deception |
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pestilence |
disease |
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presage |
something that foreshadows a future event |
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penury |
severe poverty |
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beseech |
to beg earnestly and anxiously |
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slack
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negligent weak
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inundation
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overwhelm or overflow
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arbitrating
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deciding a dispute
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shrift
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confession
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orisons
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prayers
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solace
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consolation
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alleviation of grief or pain
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beguiled
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to lead by deception
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pestilence
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disease
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presage
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something that foreshadows a future event
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penury
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severe poverty
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beseech
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to beg
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apothecary
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one who sells and prepares drugs; druggist
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aloof;indifferent
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removed or distant
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obsequies
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a funeral or burial right
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haughty
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disdainfully proud
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peruse
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to examine in detail; to study
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interred
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to deposit a dead body into the earth or tomb
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inauspicious
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not prosperous
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contradict
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to imply the opposite
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ambiguities
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uncertainly |
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