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40 Cards in this Set
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Improvident
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not provinding for the future, thriftless, rash, incautous
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harmattan
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a dry dusty wind
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intricate
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having many complex arranged elements, elaborate
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow, mournful
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prowess
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superior skill, strength or ability, courage in battle
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revered
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regarded with awe, deference, devotion
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illfated
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destined for misfortune/doom
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discerned
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to detect, recognize, comprehend
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suppressed
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to subdue, keep hidden
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hovered
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remain suspended, or remain in an uncertain state
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potent
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possising innner or outer strength, powerful
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oracle
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a person considered to be a source of wise counsil
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emissary
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an agent sent on a mission to represent or advance interests of another
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perpetual
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lasting for eternity, for and indefinatly long time
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capricious
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subject to whim, impulsive, unpredictable
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incipient
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beggining to exist or appear
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poignant
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physically painful/ skillful/ to the point
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abomination
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disgust, cause of disgust
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consolation
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comfort
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brusqueness
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abrupt or curt in manner or speech, discourtesly blunt
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benevolent
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doing good, for the good of charity
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imminent
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about to occur, impending
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idolatrous
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excesive devoting, having to do with idolatry
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over-zealous
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excessivly enthusiastic
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pottage
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porridge, thick soup or stew
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superfluous
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beyond what is required or sufficiant
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desecrated
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violation to the sacredeness of something
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pacification
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reduction of a rebelious district to peaceful submission
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approbation
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warm approval/ praise
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tumultuous
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noisy/ disorderly/ confused or agitated
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flourish
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to do well/prosper in a period of high productivity
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omen
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a prophetic sign
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prophesy
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a foreshadow, revealed by a divine inspiration
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impentetrable
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immpossible to penetrate, incomprendible
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inadvertent
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marked by unitentional lack of care/ not duly attentive
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domain
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at territory in which rule or control is exercised
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lamentation
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that act of lamenting
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raffia
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african palm tree with large leaves, used for making baskets and mats
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bouyent
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light hearted/ marked by bouyance
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repentent
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characterized by demenstrating repentence/ guilt, shame
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