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35 Cards in this Set
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evade
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to escape from trickery or cleverness
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Florentine
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A native or inhabitant of Florence
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gradation
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a series of gradual, recessive stages; a systematic progression.
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obsequious
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devoted, obedient, submissive to the will of another
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homage
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respect or reverence paid or rendered
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timourous
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fearful and timid
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ewe
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a female sheep
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drought
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the act of drawing or pulling
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profane
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not sacred
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insidious
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a plan that is intended to beguile someone
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rebuke
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to express sharp disapproval of, reprimand
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naught
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nothing
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iniquity
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gross injustice or wickedness
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prate
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to talk extensively and pointlessly, to babble
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forbear
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to refrain or abstain from, withold
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promulgate
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to make knownto mske by open declaration
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circumscription
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an inscription written around anything
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shun
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to avoid
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incur
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to come into or inquire
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galley
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a long low ship propelled especially by oars
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assay
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to examine
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facile
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easily accomplished
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valiant
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brave
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aught
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something
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mountebank
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a trickster, a magician
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beguile
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to deceive by engaging the interest of someone
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mandate
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an authoritative command
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conjure
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to summon
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discourse
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conversation
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gall
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bile, audacity
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visage
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the face, countenance, or appearance of a person
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prithee
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used to express a wish or request
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pox
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a virus disease( as chicken pox) an evil
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cuckhold
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a man whose wife is unfaithful
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knave
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a male servant
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