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15 Cards in this Set
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tenable
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logical; capable of being defended
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requite
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to make repayment (requite another's love)
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credulous
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gullible
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chaste
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morally pure in thought or conduct, decent
virginal celibate |
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importune
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ask for pressingly, insistently
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libertine
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one who acts without moral restraint;
a freethinker |
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censure
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to criticize severely, find fault with, reprove
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implore
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to beg for urgently
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beguile
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deceive by cunning or strategy
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traduce
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to cause humiliation or disgrace by making false statements
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sepulcher
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burial vault
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pernicious
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tending to cause death, deadly;
destructive |
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peruse
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to read with great care
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vouchsafe
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to deign
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beseech
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to request urgently
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