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38 Cards in this Set
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nuptial
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marriage; pertaining to marriage
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wanes
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fades; vanishes
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dowager
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widow who enjoys the assets of her deceased husband
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steep
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to plunge
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pert
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lively
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mirth
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merry-making; festivity
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melancholy
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sadness
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pomp
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ceremony
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revelling (reveling)
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celebrating
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vexation
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agitation
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gawds (gauds)
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trinkets
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sweetmeats
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fruits preserved with sugar
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livery
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clothing or uniform
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cloister
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a convent or monastery
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avouch
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to declare
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dote
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to idolize; to be infatuated with
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extenuate
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lessen or change
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belike
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probably
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beteem
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to give
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tempest
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storm
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ere
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before
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edict
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a law; a declaration
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lode-stars
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guiding stars, such as the north star
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hawthorn
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a flowering shrub
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bated
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excepted
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primrose
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a common wildflower of varying color
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wont
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accustomed
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counsel
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inmost thoughts
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errs
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goes astray
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transpose
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to change
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beguiled
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tricked; cheated
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waggish
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playful
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forswear
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to swear falsely
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thither
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there
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interlude
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short play or period of entertainment between main shows
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condole
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to lament
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bellows
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a flexible chamber used for producing a current of air, as for drafting a fire
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devices
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plans
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