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143 Cards in this Set
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ardent
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warm feelings expressed by zealous support
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effusions
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unrestrained expression of words or feelings
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solicitude
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state of being concerned and anxious, attentative care; concern
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countenance
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face or fasage, esp. as indication of mood
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dominion
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supreme authority; absolute authority
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irradiated
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to illuminate or shed light on
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inclemency
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lacking mildness, severe in temper or action
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discoursed
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formal discussion
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entreaties
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to make an earnest requestl to plead especially in order to persuade
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pronosticated
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to fortell from signs or symptoms
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sacrilege
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gross irreverance toward a hallowed place/person
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dogmatism
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positiveness in assertion of opinion
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disquieted
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to take away the peace or tranquility
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dissipate
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to break up and drive offl t spread thin or scatter
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vacillations
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an act of indecision, waver in mind
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antipathy
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settled aversion or dislike;
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APPROBATION
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FORMAL ELBORATE ORATION
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docile
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easily lead or managed
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diffident
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hesitant in acting or speaking though lack of confidence
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salubrious
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favorable to or promoting health or well being
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ignomionious
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marked by disgrace and shame
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manacled
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to confine to make secure, to restrain from movement
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obdurate
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stubbornly persitent in wrong doing
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retribution
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requital, the dispensing or receive of punishment given in recompense
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augment
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to make greater; larger, more intense
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sublime
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to elevate or exalt in dignity
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odious
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deserving hatred and repungence
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assuage
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to lessen the intensity of (pains)
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pensive
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dreamily thoughtful
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enigmatic
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mysterious; puzzling
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conciliating
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to assemble, unite, win over, to gain by pleasing acts, reconcile/ appease
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rapturously
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manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
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puerile
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juvenile; childish
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exposutlate
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discuss, examine, to reason earnestly with a person
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appeased
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to bring a state of pease or calm
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precipitous
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very steep, having a steep ascent
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epithet
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characterizing word or phrase accompanying in place of the name
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abject
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existing in a low state or condition; cast dowqn
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conjure
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to charge or entrete earnestly; to summon by
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dilatory
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tending or intended to cause delay
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candor
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whitenessl unstained purity, honest, sincere
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machinations
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a scheming or crafty action or artful design to accomplish
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indolence
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laziness
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squalid
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marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty
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pittance
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small portion, amount, meager
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tremulous
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characterized by trembling; timidity; nervous
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sanguinary
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marked by blood
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requited
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to make return, repay aveng, retaliation
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unremitting
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constant incessant
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malignant
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disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress
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inexorable
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not to be persuaded, moved or stopped
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insatiate
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incapable of being satisfied
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reverie
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daydream, lost in though
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respite
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a period of temporary delay, rest
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imperious
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commanding
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remonstrate
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to prevent and urge reason in opposition; to say in protest
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succour
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relief; aid/help
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augury
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omen, token indication
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usurp
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to seize and hold in possession
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martial
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having to do with war
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mettle
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vigor and strength in spirit
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resolute
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marked by firm determination
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portentous
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eliciting amazment or wonder
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auspicious
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prosperous, favorable
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impotent
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lacking power or strength
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impious
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not pious, lacking in reverence or proper respect
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rank
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offensively gross and course, excessive in growth, putirid
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wax
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to increase in phase or intensity
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crednece
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mental acceptance as true or real
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chary
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discreetly cautious, vigilant about dangers
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censure
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judgement favorable or unfavorable
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importune
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to request or beg urgently
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beguile
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to deceive or mislead by deceit, to cause to be enamored
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traduce
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to expose to shame or blame through false hood
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pith
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essential part, core, tissuse in stem of a pland
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ponderous
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of great weight
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sate
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to fill or satisfy
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pernicious
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highly injurious, destructive
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wanton
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being without check or limitations, causing sexual excitement
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incontinent
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lacking self restraint
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sully
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bemirch
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quintessence
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the purest form of an essence
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mince
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to chop up in small pieces
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clamor
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to make a lot of loud noise
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epitagh
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a breif statement commemorating a deceased person
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lecherous
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given to or suggestive of excesive sexual behavior
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consumation
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the ultimate end, to consumate a marriage
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melancholy
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depression in spirits
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conscience
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the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action
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temperance
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self restraint in conduct and expression or indulgence
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extant
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still in existance, not destroyed
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choler
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ready disposition to irritaion; anger
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humor
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normal functioning bodily fluid, a sudden, unpredictable
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cozen
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to deceive, or win over by coaxing
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ardor
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sexual excitement
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incorporeal
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having no materal body or form
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scourge
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whip, used to inflict pain or punishment
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providence
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divine guidance or care
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wanton
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being without check or limitations, causing sexual excitement
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incontinent
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lacking self restraint
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sully
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bemirch
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quintessence
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the purest form of an essence
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mince
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to chop up in small pieces
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clamor
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to make a lot of loud noise
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epitagh
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a breif statement commemorating a deceased person
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lecherous
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given to or suggestive of excesive sexual behavior
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consumation
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the ultimate end, to consumate a marriage
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melancholy
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depression in spirits
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daiphanous
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characterized by such fineness of texture to permit seeing through, insubstantial, vague
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vernable
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made sacred by relgious/ historical association
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lurid
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causing horror or revulsion, wan/ pale
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abomination
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extreme disgust and hatred
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sepulcher
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place of burial/tomb, person inwardly corrupt
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sententiously
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given to or abounding in excessive moralizing/ aphoristic
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imperturbably
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marked by extreme calme, impassivity, serene
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erroneous
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containing errors or mistakes
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insipid
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lacking taste or savor. lakcing in qualities that interest
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lugubrious
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mournful, brooding
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rapacious
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excessively covetous, living on prey
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insidious
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awaiting a chance to entrap, treacherous, harmful
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uncouth
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uncommon, mysterious, not familiar, strange
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trenchant
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keen, sharp, effective/perceptive
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prevaricator
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to deviate from the truth, equivoate
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primeval
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ancient, primitive, earliest age
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salvage
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compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the sea
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sagacious
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keen and farsighted judement, wise
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edifying
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build, establish, to instruct and improve on moral knowledge
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opaque
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blacking the passage of energy and light, hard to understand
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recondite
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hidden from sight, concealed, difficult for one of ordinary to understand
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peroration
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the concluding part of a discouse, highly rhetorical speech
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interspersed
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to place something in intervals
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fatalism
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doctrin that events are fixed in advance, nothing can change them
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idol
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a rep. or symbol of worship. object of devotion
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voracious
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having a big appetite, ravenous
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languor
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weakness of body or mind, indolence
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fecund
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fruitful in offspring, intellectually productive
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tenbrous
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shut off from the light, dark
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incantation
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ususe of spells or verbal charms
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exalted
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elevate by praise or to glorify
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noxious
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physically harmful or destructive , disagreeable
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scathing
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bitterly severe
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droll
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having a humourous or odd quality
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impapable
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incapable of being felt by touch
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