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100 Cards in this Set
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abject
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brought low in condition or status
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absolution
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a freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties
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atonement
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amends or reparation made for an injury or wrong; expiation
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bulwark
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defensive wall
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caprice
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an impulsive change of mind, sudden seemingly unmotivated action, whim
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cognizance
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conscious knowledge or recognition; awareness
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colliery
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a coal mine together with its physical plant and outbuildings
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comely
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pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive
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conjugal
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of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses
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cosmopolitan
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pertinent or common to the whole world
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dandy
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a man who affects extreme elegance in cloths and manners
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divine
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having the nature of or being a deity
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dowager
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a widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband
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elocution
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the art of public speaking in which gesture, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized
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enamore
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to inspire with love; captivate
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ensconce
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to settle oneself securely or comfortably
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epigram
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a short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
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felicity
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great happiness, bliss
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fop
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a man preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manner
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guffaw
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laugh boisterously
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hansom
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a two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind
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hedonism
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pursuit or devotion to pleasure
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impecunious
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penniless, lacking money
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected or reformed
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inquest
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an investigation or examination
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inveterate
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firmly and long established
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iteration
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verbal repetition
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lithe
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flexible and supple
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macerate
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to make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid
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obsequious
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full of or exhibiting servile compliance
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portico
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a colonnade or covered ambulatory especially in a classical architecture and often at the entrance of a building
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precipice
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a very steep cliff
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querulous
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given to complaining, peevish
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raiment
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clothing, garments
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rebuke
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sharp, stern disapproval; reprimand
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sacrament
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a rite belived to be a means or or visible form of grace
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servility
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condition or appearance for fitting as slave
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skepticism
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a doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind
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sully
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to mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain
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supercilious
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feeling or showing haughty disdain
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swoon
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feel faint
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taper
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a small or very slender candle
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tawdry
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gaudy and cheap in nature and appearance
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tithe
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a tenth part of one's annual income contributed voluntarily or due as tax, especially for the support of clergy or church
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torpid
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deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed
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travail
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to work especially when in arduous or involving painful effort
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truculent
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disposed to fight, pugnacious
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turbid
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having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy
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vivisection
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the act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals, especially for the purpose of scientific research
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wainscot
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a facing or paneling, usually of wood, applied to the walls of a room
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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ameliorate
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to make better
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ardent
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intense, passionate
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beningnity
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favorability, goodness
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capacious
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capable of holding much
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capitulate
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surrender
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chimera
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a monster with a lion's head, illusion, fabrication
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chimerical
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given to fantastic schemes
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conciliating
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calming, satisfying
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consecrate
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declare sacred
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cull
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pick out, select
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dogmatism
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arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief
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dross
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unwanted part
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emaciated
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extremely thin
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endue
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provide with a quality of power
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evince
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determine clearly
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fastidious
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particular, oversensitive
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fervent
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showing deep feeling
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filial
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related to a child
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imbibe
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drink in
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immutable
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unchangeable
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear
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inclemency
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quality of having a temper or lacking mildness
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inexorable
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relentless
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infidel
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one who has no moral or religious beliefs
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injunction
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authoratative order
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insensible
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imperceptible, unconscious, unsusceptible
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inuring
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becoming accustomed to
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lineament
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line or feature of the face
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minutiae
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trifling matters
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multifarious
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occuring in great variety
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panegyric
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a speech or essay about a dead person
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paroxysm
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a fit, attack, or sudden increase of symptoms
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pedantry
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act of paying too much attention to book learning
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penury
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extreme poverty
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physiognomy
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outward appearance or the inner character shown by it
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preceptor
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principal of a school
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precepts
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rules to guide one's conduct
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predilection
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preference
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procure
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to obtain
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progeny
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offspring
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prognosticate
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predict
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rankling
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thing that cause irritation or anger
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recapitulation
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summary
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recompense
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repayment
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repine
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complain
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requisite
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required for a purpose
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respite
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a rest or break
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suppliant
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one who is humbly begging
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tyros
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beginners, novices
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