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30 Cards in this Set
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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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progenitors
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ancestors
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ruffs
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stiffly starched, frilled lace or muslin collars
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plebeian
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of the lower classes; common
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emolument
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gain from employment; wages
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commiseration
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sympathy; 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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voluptuous
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having to do with sensual pleasures
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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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contumaciously
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rebelliously; stubbornly
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talisman
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an object believed to have magical powers
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averred
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stated the truth
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inscrutable
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not able to be understood
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dexterity
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gracefulness in movement
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imbue
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penetrate or permate; due
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mutability
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change; inconstancy; fickleness
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amenable
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able to be influenced; submissive
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imbibe
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to drink; to absorb
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inexplicable
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not understood; unexplainable
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placidity
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calmness; quietness
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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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deportment
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way of behaving
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gesticulation
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a gestere or movement
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query
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question
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labyrinth
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a maze or intricate passageway
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