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40 Cards in this Set
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capricious
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Adjective
Unpredictable; change of mind |
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defile
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Transitive verb
to stench; to soil; to befoul; to desecrate |
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beneficent
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adjective
kindness; charity; charitable |
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grimace
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noun
twisting of the face |
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vile
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adjective
hostile |
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usurp
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Transitive verb
to seize without permission |
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passive
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adjective
sedentary |
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fraught
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adjective
fret; worry; distress; emotional |
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brood
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transitive verb
to sit on or hatch |
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oracle
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noun
a messenger of the Gods |
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sceptre
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noun
staff |
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precursor
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noun
forerunner |
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revel
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intransitive verb
to take great pleasure or delight |
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dire
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adjective
urgent |
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enamored
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adjective
filled with love |
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hovel
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noun
small dwelling |
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anteroom
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noun
smaller room that leads to a larger one |
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interminable
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adjective
never-ending |
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zeal
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adjective
zest; eager |
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tryst
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noun
a meeting of lovers |
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convoluted
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adjective
rolled up; coiled; twisted |
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deity
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noun
god or goddess |
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clamber
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intransitive verb
to climb one foot over the other |
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heifer
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noun
small cow |
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esteem
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transitive verb
to regard with respect |
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adamantine
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adjective
hard; unyielding |
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incarnate
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adjective
embodied in flesh |
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pious
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adjective
commendable |
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languor
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noun
lack of physical or mental energy |
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venerate
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transitive verb
to regard with respect |
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suppliant
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adjective
asking humbly |
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succor
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noun
relief; assistance in times of distress |
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respite
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noun
short interval of rest |
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omnipotent
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adjective
having unlimited authority; power |
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perplexed
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adjective
filled with confusion; puzzled |
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peerless
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adjective
incomparable; no match |
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ardent
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adjective
passionate; characterized by warmth of feeling |
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inexorable
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adjective
not pusuaded or moved |
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execration
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noun
curse; denunciation |
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deftness
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noun
skillful; dextrous |
