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61 Cards in this Set
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Admonish
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Advise or Caution
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sentinel
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Person or animal that guards.
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fervent
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Having or showing great warmth of feeling.
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rancor
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ill will
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compassionate
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sympathizing or pitying
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grievous
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causing sorrow, hard to bear
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winsomeness
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charm, delightfulness
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rapture
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joy or great pleasure
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redress
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compensation as for wrong doing
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blithe
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cheerful
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caesura
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pause
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assonance
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vowel repeated
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alliteration
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repetition of beginning sounds
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elegy
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lyrical poem of meaning
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reparation
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something making up for a wrong doing or injury
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solace
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comfort or relief
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purge
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purify or cleanse
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writhing
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making twisting or turning motions
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massive
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big and solid or bulky
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loathsome
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disgusting
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promontories
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peaks of high land sticking out of water
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innumerable
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too many to count
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stranded
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forced into shallow water or a beach or left helpless
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barricaded
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blocked
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ravaged
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destroyed
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solicitious
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sharing care or concern
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garnished
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decorated or trimmed
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commission
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authorization
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sanguine
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confident or cheerful
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avouches
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asserts positively
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prevarification
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evasion of truth
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pallor
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unnatural lack of color
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hoary
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white or gray with age
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prating
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chatter
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tarry
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to delay or linger
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apothecary
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pharmacist
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implored
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begged earnestly
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relates
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tells
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misalliance
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mismatch
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contemptuous
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scornful
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bequeath
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hand down as an inheritance
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prowess
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heroism or distinction
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esteemed
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highly respected
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rebuke
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criticize strongly
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assay
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prove or test
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adjure
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request solemnly or appeal to earnestly
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feigned
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made a false show of
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adroitly
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with physical or mental skill
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largesse
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nobility of spirit
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righteous
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acting in a just, upright manner
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entreated
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made an earnest appeal
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peril
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exposure to harm or injury
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interred
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buried
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alderman
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officers in a shire
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enquiry
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question or investigation
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succor
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help, aid, or relieve
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certify
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declare a thing true or accurate
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remnant
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what is left over
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ransacked
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searched through for a plunder
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asunder
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into parts for pieces
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assault
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violent attack
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