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57 Cards in this Set
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Occident
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The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions
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zeitgeist
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The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch
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poesy
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poetry
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votary
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consecrated by a vow or promise
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baleful
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malignant
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datum
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starting point, premise, or given fact
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requital
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adequete return for good or ill (what you get back after an action)
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petulant
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showing impatience
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addle
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to muddle / make inefficient or worthless
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pluperfect
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expressing a past action before some other past action
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derisible
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open to ridicule
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retinue
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the cohort that follows someone famous wherever they go
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intension
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stretching to the straining point
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convolve
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a circling motion
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pyx
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a vessel or casket, in which the host is preserved
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sapience
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great wisdom or knowledge
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decameron
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a volume of 10 books / parts
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pusillanimous
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without spirit or bravery
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obsequious
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servile agreement to follow another
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execration
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an accursed thing
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wizen
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To become withered / dry
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insipid
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tasteless
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recrudescence
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becoming raw or sore again
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continence
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self-restraint
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unction
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anointing with oil
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expiate
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to atone for / make amends / make reparations
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anhydrous
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withered
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eschew
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to avoid / keep clear of
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dendroid
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like a tree
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malefactor
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one who hurts another
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repertory
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where you store things / gather then together
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egregious
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extreme
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clement
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kind / compassionate
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deliquesce
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to melt
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proscenium
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part of stage between curtain & orchestra
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solicitude
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uneasiness of mind due to desire, anxiety or fear
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dolesome
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melancholy
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guileless
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frank
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antipodes
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on the opposite side of the earth
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caprice
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On a whim
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comestible
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fit to be eaten
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plenary
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entire (the whole thing)
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indolent
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hibitually lazy / inactive
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peremptory
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precluding questions or appeal
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portent
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anything that indicates what is about to happen
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palliate
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to cause to appear less guilty
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cont
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To join / unite
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contumacy
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contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority
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intestate
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not having made a valid will
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extempore
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without studied or special preparation
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avarice
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passion for getting and keeping riches
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discrepant
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opposite
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lough
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a lake / loch
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pan-
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all / complete
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panoply
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a full set of armour
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ponderous
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usually weighty or forcible
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seperatist
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a suceder
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