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18 Cards in this Set
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predatory
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adj - characterized by plundering or preying
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formidable
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adj - causing fear or dread; hard to overcome or deal with
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invidious
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adj - giving offense or causing ill will or hatred
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odious
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adj - hateful, repulsive, or offensive
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heinous
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adj - hateful, atrocious, or very wicked
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pernicious
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highly injurious, destructive, fatal, or deadly
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decadence
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n - decoration
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botch
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v - to spoil or bungle, to repair or to patch clumsily
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perverse
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adj - sutbbornly contrary, erring, or deviating fomr what is considered right
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smut
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n - soot, matter that blackens or soils things; obscenity
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cataclysm
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n - a great flood, a natural catastrophe, great upheaval
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dross
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n - ny waste matter or refuse; the scum coming to the top of liquid metal
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dreg
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n - the waste material at the bottom of a vessel after the liquid hads been taken off; the most worthless part of anything
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offal
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n - garbage; or the inedible, discarded parts of a butchered animal
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dank
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adj - unpleasantly damp or wet
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fetid
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adj - having a foul, offensive smell
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sordid
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adj - dirty, squalid, or vile
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bestial
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adj - brutal, savage, coarse, or like a beast in behavior or appearance
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