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31 Cards in this Set
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Apostate.
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Someone who forsakes their religion.
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Blasphemous.
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Profane.
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Nuance.
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A subtle difference.
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Beneficent.
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Doing good or causing good to be done.
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Queries.
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A question.
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Seminal.
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Consisting of semen.
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Fetid.
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Having an offensive odor.
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Perfunctorily.
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Performed as a daily routine.
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Portly.
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Rather heavy or fat.
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Tenuous.
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Thin or slender in form.
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Temporal.
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Of or relation to time.
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Sardonic.
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Sneering; Cynical.
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Tenacious.
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Characterized by keeping a strong hold.
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Docile.
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Easy managed or handled.
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Prodigy.
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A young person having extraordinary talent or ability.
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Pogrom.
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An organized massacre of Jews.
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Sallow.
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A sickly yellowish color.
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Degenerate.
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To diminish in quality.
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Retrospective.
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Directed to the past.
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Malevolent.
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Wishing evil or harm to another or others.
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Strident.
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Making a harsh sound.
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Boor.
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A churlish, rude or unmannerly person.
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Circumspect.
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Watchful, discreet.
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Garish.
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Excessively ornate or elaborate.
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Aesthetic.
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Love of beauty.
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Bereaved.
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Greatly by the death of a loved one.
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Banalty.
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Devoid of freshness or orginality.
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Concierge.
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A person who is in charge of an entrance; doorman.
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Insatiable.
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Incapable of being satisfied or appeased.
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Gendarme.
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A french police officer.
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Tacit.
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Understood without being openly expressed.
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