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262 Cards in this Set
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Throng |
a crowd |
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Edifice |
large building |
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Inauspicious |
unfavorable |
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Portal |
doorway |
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Ignominy |
shame and dishonor |
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Visage |
the face |
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Iniquity |
wickedness, sin |
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Venerable |
worthy of respect |
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Feign |
to form or shape |
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Physiognomy |
outward features or appearance |
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Imperious |
arrogant |
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Composure |
calmness |
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Amenable |
responsive |
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Apprehension |
dread; fear |
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Caprice |
sudden impulse |
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Despondency |
loss of hope |
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Inexplicable |
not explainable |
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Ascetic |
without luxury |
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Exhort |
urge strongly |
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Discern |
to see and understand |
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Piety |
devotion to God |
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Deportment |
behavior |
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Sagacity |
foresight |
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Penitential |
repentant |
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Mirth |
amusement or laughter |
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Emaciated |
abnormally thin |
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Palliate |
alleviate |
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Vestment |
garment worn by the clergy |
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Antipathy |
hostility |
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Vigil |
watchful attention |
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Grovelled |
crawled |
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Gibe |
sneer |
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Propensity |
strong tendency |
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Austerity |
absence of luxury |
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Calamity |
disaster |
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Imbibe |
drink down |
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Bane |
deadly harm |
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Acquiescing |
agreeing |
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Precocity |
unusually early maturity |
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Retribution |
deserved punishment |
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Vivacious |
full of life |
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Epoch |
a period of time |
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Scintillating |
sparkle |
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Loquacity |
excessive talkativeness |
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Listlessness |
indifference |
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Penitence |
sorrow over |
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Misanthropy |
hatred makind |
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Doleful |
mournful |
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Estranged |
kept apart |
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Transitory |
temporary |
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Specter |
ghostly apparition |
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Wonted |
usual |
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Tremulous |
quivering from weakness |
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Vile |
highly offensive |
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Malevolent |
evil |
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Grievous |
causing great sorrow |
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Transfiguration |
change in appearance |
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Enfeeble |
to make weak |
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Transgress |
to violate a law |
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Machination |
crafty plot |
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Duplicity |
double dealing |
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Irrefragable |
indisputable |
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mollify |
to sooth |
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sanctity |
holiness |
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vicissitude |
changing circumstances |
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Importunate |
troublesome |
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uncouth |
clumsy |
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mutability |
alteration |
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patriarchal |
controlled by men |
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pious |
devoted to religion |
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Plebeian |
commonplace |
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countenance |
appearance |
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mien |
demeanor |
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languor |
lack of energy |
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inarticulate |
not clear |
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mirthful |
joyous |
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depredation |
devastation |
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incur |
to aquire a bad consequence |
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effervescence |
liveliness |
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tempestuous |
turbulent |
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Foreboding |
feeling of future misfortune |
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Eminence |
high place |
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Ethereal |
heavenly |
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Apotheosize |
to glorify |
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Hue |
a color |
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Intimation |
hint |
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Futile |
not successful |
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Stigma |
a mark of disgrace |
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Nugatory |
worthless |
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Repudiate |
to reject with disapproval |
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Piety (Week 10) |
righteousness |
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Jilted |
left at the alter |
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Nimbus |
halo |
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Dwindle |
diminish |
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Frippery |
showy finery |
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Tactful |
considerate and discreet |
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Plague |
to annoy continually |
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Dyspepsia |
a digestive disorder |
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Hasty |
excessively quick |
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Assign |
person who receives property |
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profuse |
plentiful |
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boisterous |
noisy |
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scold |
an offensive term |
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disengage |
to become free |
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prefunctory |
done routinely |
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interminably |
seeming to last forever |
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reprimand |
criticism |
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soberly |
quietly or sedately |
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laspe |
to decline |
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joival |
jolly |
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decrepit |
lacking strength |
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decrepit |
lacking strength |
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frivolity |
lack of seriousness |
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decrepit |
lacking strength |
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frivolity |
lack of seriousness |
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ingenuous |
innocent |
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decrepit |
lacking strength |
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frivolity |
lack of seriousness |
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ingenuous |
innocent |
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magnanimous |
generous in spirit |
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proliferate |
grow rapidly |
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proliferate |
grow rapidly |
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robust |
sturdy |
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proliferate |
grow rapidly |
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robust |
sturdy |
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prudence |
common sense |
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proliferate |
grow rapidly |
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robust |
sturdy |
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prudence |
common sense |
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iridescent |
varying in color |
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proliferate |
grow rapidly |
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robust |
sturdy |
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prudence |
common sense |
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iridescent |
varying in color |
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cataclysm |
violent upheaval |
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proliferate |
grow rapidly |
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robust |
sturdy |
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prudence |
common sense |
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iridescent |
varying in color |
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cataclysm |
violent upheaval |
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impede |
to make slow |
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cower |
to tremble from fear |
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cower |
to tremble from fear |
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ceremonial |
formal |
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cower |
to tremble from fear |
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ceremonial |
formal |
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doctrine |
something that is taught |
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cower |
to tremble from fear |
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ceremonial |
formal |
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doctrine |
something that is taught |
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furtive |
secretive and cautious |
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cower |
to tremble from fear |
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ceremonial |
formal |
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doctrine |
something that is taught |
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furtive |
secretive and cautious |
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grave |
gloomy |
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obstinate |
stubborn |
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obstinate |
stubborn |
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ravine |
a deep, narrow valley |
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obstinate |
stubborn |
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ravine |
a deep, narrow valley |
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rigidity |
inflexibility |
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obstinate |
stubborn |
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ravine |
a deep, narrow valley |
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rigidity |
inflexibility |
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sidle |
to move sideways in a stealthy manner |
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obstinate |
stubborn |
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ravine |
a deep, narrow valley |
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rigidity |
inflexibility |
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sidle |
to move sideways in a stealthy manner |
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persistent |
constantly repeated |
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Remit |
to pardon |
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Remit |
to pardon |
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Coquettish |
flirtatious |
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Remit |
to pardon |
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Coquettish |
flirtatious |
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Temerity |
foolish boldness |
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Remit |
to pardon |
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Coquettish |
flirtatious |
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Temerity |
foolish boldness |
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Cabal |
clique |
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Remit |
to pardon |
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Coquettish |
flirtatious |
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Temerity |
foolish boldness |
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Cabal |
clique |
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Sibilant |
making a hissing sound |
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Perpetuity |
eternity |
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Perpetuity |
eternity |
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Pall |
funeral cloth |
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Perpetuity |
eternity |
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Pall |
funeral cloth |
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Encroach |
to intrude |
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Perpetuity |
eternity |
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Pall |
funeral cloth |
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Encroach |
to intrude |
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Edict |
formal command |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Eccentric |
peculiar |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Eccentric |
peculiar |
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Pejoratice |
derogatory |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Eccentric |
peculiar |
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Pejoratice |
derogatory |
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Transcend |
to rise above |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Eccentric |
peculiar |
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Pejoratice |
derogatory |
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Transcend |
to rise above |
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Slight |
to treat as of little importance |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Eccentric |
peculiar |
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Pejoratice |
derogatory |
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Transcend |
to rise above |
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Slight |
to treat as of little importance |
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Bourgeois |
middle class |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Eccentric |
peculiar |
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Pejoratice |
derogatory |
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Transcend |
to rise above |
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Slight |
to treat as of little importance |
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Bourgeois |
middle class |
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Bequeath |
to hand down |
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Deprecation |
disapproval |
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Middlebrow |
a moderately cultivated person |
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Fidelity |
loyalty |
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Blight |
any cause of ruin |
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Orthodoxy |
a practice that conforms to approved standards |
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Eccentric |
peculiar |
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Pejoratice |
derogatory |
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Transcend |
to rise above |
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Slight |
to treat as of little importance |
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Bourgeois |
middle class |
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Bequeath |
to hand down |
