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32 Cards in this Set
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inauspicious
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not promising
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iniquity
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gross injustice or weakness
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eminent
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high in station, rank or repute
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fervor
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great warmth and earnestness of fearing
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ignominy
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disgrace, dishonor
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aver
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to assert or affirm with confidence
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mutability
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liable or subject to change
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dearth
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an inadequate supply, scarcity
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pious
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having or showing a dutiful spirit
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depravity
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make immoral/ wicked
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amenable
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responsive to advise, authority or suggestion
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importunate
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urgent or persistant in requesting
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sagacious
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actually sight full and wise
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inimical
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adverse tendency or effect
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malevolence
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wishing evil to others
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loquacity
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talkative
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propinquity
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proximity
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somniferous
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bringing or enduring sleep
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askance
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with suspicion
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sedulous
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diligent in application or attention
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countenanced
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appearance especially a look on a persons face
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imbibed
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to consume liquids by drinking
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deleterious
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injurious to health
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precocity
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unusually advanced or mature in development
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denizen
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an inhabitant
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vicissitude
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a change or variation occurring in the course of something
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transitory
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not lasting
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potentate
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a person who posses a great power like a monarch or king
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depredations
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the act of praying upon
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diffuse
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to pour out and spread as a fluid
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avarice
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immoderate desire for wealth
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propitious
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helpful or advantageous
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