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20 Cards in this Set
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censorious |
(adj.) severely critical of others |
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diffidence |
(n.) shyness or modesty resulting from lack of self cconfidence |
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effrontery
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(n.) rude behavior
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execrable |
(adj.) utterly detestable, aominable |
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extirpate |
(v.) to root out and destroy completely |
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implacable
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(adj) unable to be satisfied
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lasciviousness |
(n.) offensive sexual desire, inclination to lustfullness |
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libation |
(n.) a drink poured out as an offering to a diety |
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obsequious |
(adj.) obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree |
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pious |
(adj.) showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest with to fulfill religious obligations |
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portent |
(n.) a sign or warning that something especially momentous or calamitous is likely to happen |
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presage |
(v.) to portent a future event |
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propitation |
(n.) the act of conciliation or appeasing |
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prostrate |
(adj.) lying stretched out on the ground with one's face facing downward out of distress weakness |
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recondite |
(adj.) beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding, little known, profound, obscure |
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resplendent |
(adj.) attractive and impressive through being richly colorful, shining brightly, magnificent |
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surfeited |
(v.) to cause someone to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess |
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supplication |
(n.) an act of humble prayer or petition |
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unctuous |
(adj.) excessively or ingratingly flattering, fawning |
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wantonness |
(n.) disposition of showing no thought or care for the rights, feelings, or safety of others; being not limited or controlled, (of a women) having sex with many men |
