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25 Cards in this Set
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Progeny |
a descendant of animal, or plant offspring |
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Capacious |
roomy or a lot of space inside |
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ardent |
enthusiastically or passionate |
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harrowing |
acutely distressing |
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rankling |
continue to be painful, or fester |
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penury |
poverty, destitute |
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fetter |
a manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically around the ankles |
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vacillating |
alternate or waver between different opinions or actions, be indecisive |
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salubrious |
health-giving, healthy |
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ignominious |
causing public disgrace or shame |
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obdurate |
refusing to change an opinion stubbornly |
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perdition |
a state of eternal punishment into which a sinful person passes after death. |
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inexorable |
impossible to stop or prevent |
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slaked |
quench or satisfy one's thirst |
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inclemency |
not pleasantk displaying little mercy |
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purloined |
steal something |
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abhorrent |
inspiring disgust and loathing, repungant |
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wantonly |
lacking discipline in action, carelessly |
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sanguinary |
involving or causing massive bloodshed |
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languid |
relaxed and leisurely in pace |
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sophism |
clever on the surface but actually intended to deceive |
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internment |
trainee or junior assistant |
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imperious |
arrogant, haughty or demanding |
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diabolical |
evil of nature or unusually cruel |
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conflagration |
large destructive fire |
