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32 Cards in this Set
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Accosted |
stopped someone abruptly and started a conversation |
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Blackguardly |
like a scoundrel/criminal |
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Conflagration |
a large fire that does much damage |
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Disposition |
one's typical frame of mind |
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Heir
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someone designated o inherit money or property |
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Hypocrisy |
saying one thing and doing another |
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Insensate |
not feeling or capable of feeling |
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Napery |
tablecloth, or any household linen |
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Odious |
disgusting or loathsome |
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Pall |
a gloomy atmosphere |
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Quailed |
to react with fear; to cower |
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Baize |
a thick cloth resembling felt |
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Carbuncles |
red gems
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Circulars |
advertisments |
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Cupola |
a small, domed structure on a roof |
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Eddy |
a whirlpool or countercurrent |
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Elicited |
brought out or caused |
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Guant |
thin or withered from hunger or age
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Laden |
loaded or weighted down |
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Oration |
a formal speech |
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Ruminated |
to think over something |
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Sedulously |
constantly, with attention to detail |
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Accursed |
cursed or ill-fated |
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Allusion |
an indirect reference |
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Amities |
friendly relations |
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Betook |
to take to or go to |
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Callous |
thoughtless or pitiless |
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Inscrutable |
not easily understood; obscure |
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Ken |
range of knowledge |
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Melancholy |
sadness or depression |
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Stringent |
tightly controlled |
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Vile |
wicked, evil, or low |
