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26 Cards in this Set
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bequeathed
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to dispose of (personal property, esp. money) by last will
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rustically
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an unsophisticated country person
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stalling
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a stable for horses or cattle
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hinds
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female deer
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penury
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extreme poverty
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allottery
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a portion of pay given to another
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acquaint
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to make someone aware of information
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anatomize
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to examine in great detail
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gamester
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a gambler
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misprized
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to despise
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prithee
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(I) pray thee.
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mayst
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may (2nd person of may)
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lineaments
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a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure,
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trowel
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a tool with a flat blade with a handle -
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beseech
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to beg
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lament
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to mourn for or over.
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eke
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to increase
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ere
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before
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conference
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a meeting
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bounden
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under obligation
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purgation
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to make clean or pure
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Juno's swans
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The image is of a pair of birds yoked together pulling the chariot of Juno, the queen of the gods
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umber
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color - dark dusky brown, or dark reddish brown ///an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber).
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Jove's own page
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the beautiful boy (Ganymede), whom Jove (Jupiter/Zeus)loved; took to him Mt. Olympus granted him immortality and the office of cupbearer to the gods.
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Ganymede
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Moon around planet Jupiter;
Ganymede was the most attractive of mortals, which led Zeus to abduct him, in the form of an eagle, to serve as cup-bearer to the gods. |
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Aliena
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alien , outsider
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