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75 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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to lessen
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Acquiescence
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compliance
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Anatomise
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dissect; analyze
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Antipathy
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dislike; opposition
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Approbation
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approval; liking
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Assented
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agreed
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Atheistical
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not believing in God
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Debauchery
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habitual bad conduct
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Dubiously
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uncertain; doubtful
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Engendered
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to be caused or produced
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Gesticulation
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making motions
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Imperious
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haughty; arrogant; domineering
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Imperturbable
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unmovable; calm; cannot be bothered
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Incorrigible
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bad beyond correction or reform
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Lenient
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having an indulgent, mild disposition
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Oblivion
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state of being forgotten
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Portentously
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ominously; foreshadowing something bad
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Propitiate
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atone; make amends
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Redundancy
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using or having more than necessary
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Retinue
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a train of attendants
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Sagacity
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shrewdness; intelligence
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Spectral
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ghostly
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Steeped
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soaked
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Supplication
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humble begging
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Unfathomable
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incomprehensible; beyond belief
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Admonition
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a warning to correct a fault; a reprimand
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Candour
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fair; impartial
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Complacency
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contentment; self-satisfaction
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Conciliatory
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tending to reconcile
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Conjuration
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magic; sorcery
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Desolation
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loneliness; misery
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Disinclined
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unwilling; reluctant
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Evasion
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an avoiding of duty
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Extricated
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released from difficulty
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Impious
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lacking respect or dutifulness
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Impenetrable
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unreceptive to ideas; incapable of passing through
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Implacable
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cannot be appeased; inflexible
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Inclination
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tendency towards; bias
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Incongruous
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lacking harmony or agreement
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Infallibly
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incapable of error in setting forth doctrine on faith and morals
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Jocose
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playful; humorous
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Judicious
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wise; careful in judgement
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Monotonous
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without variation
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Pallid
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faint in color; pale
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Ponderous
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very heavy; bulky
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Profusion
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abundance; wastefulness
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Remonstrate
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to plead in protest; object
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Rumination
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meditation; the act of thinking over
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Solicitously
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showing care and concern
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Unpropitious
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not favorably inclined; unfavorable
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Apparition
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a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. ghost
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Augment
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to make larger, enlarge in size, number. strength or extent
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Barren
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not producing or incapable of producing offspring
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Base
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morally low, without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable
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Beseech
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to be eagerly for
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Bestow
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to present as a gift
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Censure
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strong or vehement expression of disapproval
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Chastise
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to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment
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Choleric
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extremely irritable or easily angered
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Conspirator
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a person who takes part in a conspiracy; plotter
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Countenance
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appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face
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Covetous
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inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions
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Entrails
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the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body
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Imminent
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likely to occur at any moment; impending
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Insurrection
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an act or instance of rising in a revolt, rebellion against a form of organized government
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Inter
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to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb
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Malice
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desire to inflict injury, harm or suffering on another
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Misconstrue
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to misunderstand the meaning of
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Parley
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discussing or conference
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Portentous
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ominously significant or indicative
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Redress
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the setting right of what is wrong
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Repose
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the state of being at rest
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Servile
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slavishly submissive or obsequious
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Valiant
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boldly courageous
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Vile
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wretchedly bad
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