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20 Cards in this Set
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Bodes |
to be an omen of |
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Posterity |
future generations |
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Purged |
to free from impurities |
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Languish |
to be or become weak or feeble |
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Rancor |
bitter |
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Penury |
destitution |
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Boisterous |
rough and stormy |
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Discourse |
to narrate or discuss |
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Lamentable |
to express grief for or about |
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Beseeched |
to request earnestly |
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Concession |
the act of conceding or yielding as a right or point in an argument |
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Intimidation |
tactic used to make timid or fill with fear |
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Indigenous |
originating that is carried on or conducted in a business matter |
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Auspicious |
promising success; propitious; oppertune; favorable |
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Interrogate |
to ask questions of a person, sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret |
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Altercation |
a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy |
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Smugly |
contentedly confident of ones ability, superiotity, or correctness; complacent |
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Expunge |
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate |
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Duress |
compulsion by threat or force |
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Sordid |
meanly selfish, vile |
