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49 Cards in this Set
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Sancity
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State of being sacred
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Culprit
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responsible for a crime or deed
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retrograde
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moving backwards
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impunity
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without punishment
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sanction
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a threatened penalty for a disobeying a law
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propriety
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conforming to normality
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flail
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wave about
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luminious
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shedding light
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retribution
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morally just punishment
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preclude
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prevent from happening
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venture
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daring undertaking
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connoisseur
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expert judge in matters of taste
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pall
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become less appealing through familiarity
white cloth over a hirsh or coffin |
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perverse
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wanting to behave in a bad manner
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fugacious
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apt to flee away or flit
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mitigated
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alleviated soothed
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cloven
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divided legnthwise or split
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incontinent
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wanting in self restraint; chiefly referring to sexual appetite
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effluvium
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flowing out or issuing forth
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peripatetic
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traveling from place to place
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tangible
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clear and definite real
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ambiguity
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a lack of decisivness or commitment resulting from a failure to maek a choice between two options
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encumber
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to restrict or hinder so that free actions is hard
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mortification
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cause someone to feel embarrassed or ashamed
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laxity
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not sufficiently strict or severe
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perpetuity
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a thing that lasts forever
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temerity
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excessive confidence or boldness; audacity
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diffident
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modest or shy because of a lack of self confidence
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deprecation
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express disapproval of
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impervious
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not allowing fluid to pass through
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circumvent
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find a way around an obsticle
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inextricable
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impossible to escape from
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scour
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clean or brighten by scrubbing
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Cabal
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secret political faction
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engender
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cause
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valor
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bravery
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rapine
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rob
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ambrosial
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pleasing to taste or smell
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guile
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craftiness
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minstrel
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musician
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beguile
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charm
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baleful
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menacing
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harried
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harrassed
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lucid
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intelligible
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lament
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wail
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squander
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waste
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tactician
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someone who is tactical
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brevity
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conciseness
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flout
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defy
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