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27 Cards in this Set
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Impunity
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Exemption from punishment
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Gait
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A persons way of walking
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Flambeaux
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torch
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Leer
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a look/ glance of desire
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Puncheons
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a container for wines or spirits
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Gesticulation
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an expressive gesture of strong emotion
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niche
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a recess in a wall
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rampart
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a wall of other defensive barrier often around a city
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obstinate
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stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion
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fiend intemperance
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alcoholism
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sagacious
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having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement: shrewd
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gallows
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a structure used for the hanging of criminals
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unburthen
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to unload
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Rara avis
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uncommon person or thing
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Eclat
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showy or elaborate
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Bumper
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a glass filled to the brim
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Abet
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to encourage in wrong doing
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Illimitable
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not having a limit or boundary, endless
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Dissolution
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death
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stertorous
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noisy, labored
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ossify
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cease, rigid
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dissolution
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the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements
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Phantasma
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a fantasy, mental image, representation of a real object
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Idiosyncrasy
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a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual
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Quiescence
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being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless
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Pernicious
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causing insidious harm or ruin
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Interred
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to place( a dead body) in a grave or tomb
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