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33 Cards in this Set
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subsequently
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following in order
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congenial
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agreeable; friendly
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portal
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doorway, entrance
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inauspicious
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w/out good favor; unlucky, bad
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physiognomies
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outward appearances; faces
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augured
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predicted the future
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infamy
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reputation for doing evil; dishonor
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evanescent
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tending to disappear easily
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ignominy
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shame, dishonor
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peremptory
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incapable of delay or opposition; dictatorial, commanding to be obeyed
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alchemy
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an early form of chemistry, usually involving turning base metals to gold
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behooves
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to be proper or necessary
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perpetrate
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to perform, to do, esp. something evil
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expostulation
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the act of reasoning with a person believed to be in error; persuasion
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retribution
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punishment; vengeance
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lurid
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ghastly, deathly; shocking
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vivify
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to make alive
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emolument
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gain from employment; wages
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commiseration
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sympathy; pity
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ascetic
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severely simple; one who practices extreme self denial
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superfluous
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more than enough; surplus
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repugnance
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a feeling of hatred
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insidious
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secretly evil; sly
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inviolable
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unable to be moved or changed
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caprice
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whim; notion
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vilify
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to speak evil of; defame
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decry
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to lesson in importance or value; to rebuke
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unobtrusive
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unable to be seen easily
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indefeasible
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incapable of being declared null an void
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ominous
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predicting evil; foreboding
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inimical
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harmful; like an enemy
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acquisition
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something gained by one's effort
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scrupulous
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having a belief in certain principles
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