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90 Cards in this Set
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Bilk
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to cheat or swindle
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homily
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A sermon
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demise
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Death
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Emit
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to send out, give forth
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decadence
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moral deterioration
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Aghast
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feeling great dismay or horror
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Granary
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a storehouse for grain
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Choleric
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easily angered
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impede
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to hinder or obstruct
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qualm
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a feeling of uneasiness
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lampoon
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a written ridicule
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narcissistic
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conceited, being full of ones self
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eradicate
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to wipe out, destroy
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fabricate
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to concoct, to make up
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ghastly
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horrible, frightful
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Fallible
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capable of error
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Blatant
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Obvious, to conspicuous
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Dawdle
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to waste time
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Affiliate
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an associate
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Fawn
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To act slavishly
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Calumny
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a false accusation
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Berate
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To scold or rebuke
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Minion
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A servile follower
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Desolate
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Lonely, forlorn
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Bane
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the cause of ruin
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Pacify
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To calm
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Garble
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To mix up, distort
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prevaricate
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to lie
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Filch
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to steal
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Neophyte
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A beginner
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Flagrant
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outrageous, glaringly bad
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Patrician
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An aristocrat
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Emissary
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one sent to represent others
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kindred
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having similar origin
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Fracas
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A loud quarrel
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Lacerate
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To tear jaggedly
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Futile
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Useless, pointless
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Immaculate
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Spotless, perfect
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Gait
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A manner of walking
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Carp
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To complain in a petty way
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Query
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to ask, inquire
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Queue
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a line of people or vehicles
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Nefarious
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very wicked
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Genesis
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the beginning
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Facade
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A deceptive outward appearance
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Deluge
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A flood
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Catholic
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universal
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Eerie
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weird, mysterious
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Martial
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warlike
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Anthropomorphic
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giving human characteristics to animals,objects, or gods
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Beneficiary
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one who receives benefits
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Careen
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to swerve from side to side
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Aplomb
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self-confidence
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Guile
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slyness and cunning
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Modicum
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A small movement
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Fester
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To rot
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Languish
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To become weak
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Pall
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something that covers or conceals
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havoc
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great destruction
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Rancid
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having a bad taste or smell
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Holocaust
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the destruction of life
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Embroil
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to draw into conflict
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Anachronism
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something existing out side its proper time
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Denigrate
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To attack the reputation of
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Humane
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Kind or compassionate
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Effusive
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emotionally excessive
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Defunct
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no longer in existence
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Lackey
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A slavish follower
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Envisage
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To form a mental picture
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Lament
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To mourn
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Gape
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to stare with an open mouth
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impertinent
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rude disrespectful
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Haughty
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arrogant proud
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Nemesis
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a hated enemy
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Lethal
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deadly, fatal
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Catalyst
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something that causes a reaction
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Jargon
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vocabulary specific to a group of people
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Judicious
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showing sound judgment
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Foible
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a minor weakness
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Benediction
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the act of blessing
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Frivolous
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Trivial silly
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Alacrity
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liveliness, eagerness
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Deify
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to look up to, to make a god
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Carnage
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bloody, extensive slaughter
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Impel
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Push into motion
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Epitaph
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an inscription on a tombstone
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Harp
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to persist in talking continuously
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Lateral
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of or relating to the side
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Pallid
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Pale, faint in color
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Impetuous
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acting suddenly without thought
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