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20 Cards in this Set
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accede
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to enter upon the duties
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anonymous
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with no name
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betoken
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to be a sign of
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crucial
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supreme importance
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disdain
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to regard as beneath one's dignity
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embargo
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a government order prohibiting the entry or departure of ships
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fanatic
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overly zealous
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gibe
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to jeer or taunt
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hovel
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a low open shed
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iniquity
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wickedness
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laity
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all people not included among the clergy
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mandate
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an order or command
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obscure
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lacking light
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palatable
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pleasant or acceptable
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permeate
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to spread through
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primeval
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of the earliest times or ages
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ravage
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destroy violently
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rigorous
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very strict or stern
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seethe
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to be in an upset state
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superfluous
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excessive
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