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35 Cards in this Set
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inexorable
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adj. relentless,implacable
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fastidious
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adj. difficult to please
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penury
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n. extreme poverty
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predilection
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n. preference, partiality
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immutable
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adj. unchangable
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mien
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n. demeanor, bearing
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infallible
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adj. unerring
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lassitude
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n. lauguor, weakness
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incredulous
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adj. skeptical
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vacillate
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v. to fluctuate, to waver
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dilatory
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adj. delaying
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callous
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adj. hardened, unfeeling
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ignominy
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n. disgrace
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ephemeral
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adj. short-lived, fleeting
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assuage
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v. to ease, to lessen
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conciliate
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v. to reconcile, to soothe
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sagacity
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n. wisdom
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sedulous
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adj. dilligent
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sophism
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n. fallacious reasoning
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invective
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n. abuse
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opprobrium
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n. infamy
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iniquity
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n. evil
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insolent
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adj. haughty
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prate
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n. chatter
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importune
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v. implore
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ruminate
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v. mull over
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vehement
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adj. fierce
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expostulate
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v. object
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garnered
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adj. accumulated
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pernicious
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adj. hurtful
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extenuate
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v. justify
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Julius Beaufort
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Has a mitress about which all of New York knows who he later marries.
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M. Riviere
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The character who helps Ellen Olenska escape her husband.
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Newland Archer
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This character always sends lilies of the valley to his fiancee but roses to someone else
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May Welland Archer
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Ironically is innocent all her life
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