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22 Cards in this Set
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Boorish |
resembling or befitting a peasant |
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Valiantly |
possessing or acting with bravery or boldness |
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Prevarication |
evasion of truth |
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Pestilences |
a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating |
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Commission |
authorization; act of giving authority to an individual |
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Superfluity |
immoderate and especially luxurious living, habits or desires |
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Sanguine |
confident; cheerful |
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Avouches |
averts positively; affirms |
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Solicitous |
showing care or concern |
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Wantonness |
playfully mean or cruel |
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Motley |
composed of diverse often incongruous elements |
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Glib |
marked by ease and informality |
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Garnished |
decorated/ trimmed |
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Absolution |
act of freeing someone of a sin or of criminal charge |
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Cloister |
a monastic establishment |
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Intoning |
recite in singing tones or in a monotone |
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Jaunty |
Sprightly in manner or appearance |
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Tarry |
Pause |
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Prating |
Chatter |
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Pallor |
Colorlessness |
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Apothecary |
Pharmacist |
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Hoary |
white or grey with age |
