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22 Cards in this Set
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supplicant
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noun
one who begs for something (clemency, perhaps?) |
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infernal
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adjective
hellish |
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picaresque
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noun
prose fiction in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes |
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episodic
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adjective
a tale in which the hero engages in one scrape after another ex - Huck Finn |
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eponymous
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adjective
giving one's name to a place or novel, such as Oliver Twist or Harry Potter |
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lark
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noun
a merry, carefree adventure or frolic; a prank; something easy to accomplish |
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treacle
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noun
molasses; now used to describe something that is overly sentimentalized and melodromatic gushy romance is treacle |
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sepulchral
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adjective
funeral-like or dismal |
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fortitude
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noun
strength of character |
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suborn
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verb
to induce someone to commit an unlawful or evil act |
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interpose
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verb
to place between - can be applied to a concrete thing or an interruption in a conversation |
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remonstrate
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verb
to chide, scold |
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smitten
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adjective
struck with a hard blow; in love |
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pall
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noun
literally a cloth put over a coffin; metaphorically anything that covers or shrouds with darkness or gloom |
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ablutions
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plural noun
washing or cleansing of the body (sometimes for a religious rite) |
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ignominy
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noun
shame |
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adamantine
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adjective
incredibly tough, hard |
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derision
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noun
ridicule, mockery, scorn |
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paroxysm
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noun
a sudden violent outburst of violence or emotion |
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divine
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verb
to guess |
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sagacious
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adjective
wise |
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abject
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adjective
utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched |
