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29 Cards in this Set
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Reverance
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a gesture of respect
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Remnant
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a usually small part, member, or trace remaining
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Hogshead
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a large cask or barrel
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Contaminated
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to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
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Ambition
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desire to achieve
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Supplication
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to ask humbly and earnestly of
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Tantalize
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Tease
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Despot
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a ruler with absolute power and authority
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Anti
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not
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Mis
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not
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Resignation
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a formal notification of stoping a high position
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Dowry
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the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
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Drudgery
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uninspiring or menial labor
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hypnotic
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tending to produce sleep
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Multi
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many
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Remorse
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a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs
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Alienated
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to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent where attachment formerly existed
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Sub
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under
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instinct
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a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity
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Perish
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to become destroyed or ruined
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Casualty
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serious or fatal accident
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Alteration
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the act or process of altering
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Lethargic
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Lazy, slow moving
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Proclamation
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an official formal public announcement
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Atrophy
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decrease in size or wasting away
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Inter
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in the middle
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Vile
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physically repulsive : FOUL
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Tourment
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extreme pain or anguish of body or mind
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Obsolete
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no longer in use or no longer useful b : of a kind or style no longer current
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