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38 Cards in this Set
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Edifice
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A large building,or elaborate structure
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Ponderous
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Having Great Weight; heavy
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Inauspicious
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Unfortuante, unluckey
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Physiognomy
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Art of judging from facial features;face
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Augur
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To make predictions from signs or omens
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Heterodox
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No in agreement with acceptable beliefs, especially in Church
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Demeanor
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The way a person behaves; bearing
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Venerable
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Elderly;Respect with age,dignity,or position
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Infamy
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Evil fame or reputation;disgrace
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Rotund
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To have a round figure;fat
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imporpriety
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Condition of being improper
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Malfactress
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One that has commited a crime
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Sumptuary
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Regulating or limiting personal expenditures
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Evanescent
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Vanashing or likely to vanish like vapor; transient
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Ignominy
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Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgrace
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Transfigure
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To alter the outward appearance of;transform
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Meridian
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An imaginary circle around the earth surrounding the North and South poles
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Penal
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A punishment;penalty
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Contumely
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Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance
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Wreak
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To inflict upon a person
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Disdainful
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Proud
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Spectral
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Resembleing a ghost
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Preternatural
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Out of normal behavior or nature
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Obliterate
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To do away with completely so as to leave no trace; abolish
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Visage
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The face or facial expression of a person; face
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Furrow
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Long, narrow, shallow trench make in the ground by a plow
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Hetrogeneous
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Consisting of dissimilar elements..gay
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Abate
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To reduce in amount,degree,or intensity; decrease
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Intervolution
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State of being intervolved or coiled up
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Sojourn
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To reside temporarily
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Iniquity
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Gross immorality or injustice;wickedness
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Expound
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To give a detailed statement of;set forth; expounded the intricacies of the new tax law
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Sagacity
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Quality of being discerning, sound in judgement
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Mien
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Bearing, An apperence or aspect
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Err
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To make an arror or a mistake
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Unadultured
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Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter;pure
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Prefix
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To put or attach befor or in from of
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Lurid
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Causing shock or horror;gruesome
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