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22 Cards in this Set
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Desecrate
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To violate something sacred
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inconsequencial
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trifling, Unimportant
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Concoct
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To prepare by combining ingredients, to invent
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disconcert
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to confuse
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Cadaverous
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pale, resembling a corpse
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gradiose
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absurdly exagerated
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debase
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to lower in character, quality, or value
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_______ the nation's currency
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Beneficent
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Performing acts of kindness or charity
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a(n) _______ God
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Crass
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Coarse, stupid
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________ indifference to our problems
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Desist
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to stop doing something
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ask them to _______ immediately
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Austere
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Severe in manner, harsh
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the ___________conduct of the Puritans
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Infraction
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A breaking of a law
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paid the penalty for his _______
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redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe
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trembling as he faced the ________ warrior
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pillage
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to rob of goods by force, the act of looting
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________ the town mercilessly
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vulnerable
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open to attack
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found themselves in a ___________ position
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stipend
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a fixed and regular payment
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pay her assistants an adequate ________
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prate
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to talk foolishly a lot
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_______endlessly about her deeds
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restitution
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restoring something to its owner
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___________ for the damage to the car
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punctilious
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very careful and exact
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__________ observing the rules
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Stalwart
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strong, a strong supporter
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the _________ pioneers
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reprove
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to find fault with
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Emily always reproves me unrightly
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mitigate
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to make milder or softer
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_____ her anger by offering an apology
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