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20 Cards in this Set
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austere
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seere or stern in manner, without adornment or luxury, simple, plain
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beneficient
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performing acts of kindness or charity, doing good
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cadaverous
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pale, guunt, resembling a corpse
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concoct
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to prepare by combining ingredients, invent , fabricate
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crass
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coarse, unfeeling, stupid
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debase
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to lower in character, quality or value, to degrade
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desecrate
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to commit sacriledge upon, treat irreverently,
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disconcert
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to confuse, to disturb the composure of
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grandiose
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marked by pomous, grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
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inconsequential
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trifling, unimportant
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infraction
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a breaking of a loaw or obligation
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mitigate
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to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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pillage
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to rob of goods by open force, (as in war)plunder
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prate
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to talk a great deal in a foolosh or aimless fasion
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punctillious
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very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette por propierty
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redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe illustrius, eminent
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reprove
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke
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restitution
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the act of restoring something to the rightful owner, making good on a loss or damage
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stalwart
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strong and sturdy, brave, resolute
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vulnerable
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open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged
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