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20 Cards in this Set
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Sentry
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Lookout, employed to keep watch for a anticipated event.
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Premonitions
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Precognition, "future sight."
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Virtuous
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Being morally excellent.
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Decree
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An authoritative order having the force of law.
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Marshaled
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The ranking of several parcels of land for the satisfaction of a debt for which all parcels serve as security.
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Famished
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very hungry
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auspicious
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Ausuring favorable circumstances and good-luck.
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Pious
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Having or exhibiting religious reverence.
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Anarchist
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A person to overturn all constituted forms and societies through violence.
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Demoralize
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To corrupt mentally
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Inexhaustible
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What cannot be entirely consumed or used up.
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Proclamation
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An announcement
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Arrogance
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Overbearing pride with a superiority towards inferiors.
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Malicious
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Having the nature of being malevolent or spiteful.
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Perverse
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A disposition to oppose and contradict.
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Dirges
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A somber song expressing mourning or grief.
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Lamentations
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The passionate act of expressing grief.
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Brazen
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Loud, harsh, and marked by flagrant and insolent audacity.
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Calamity
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An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
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Aphorism
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A short instructive saying.
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