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50 Cards in this Set
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acquittal
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setting free by judge
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contemptuous
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showing scorn
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inarticulate
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unable to speak
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ethical
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morals, pertaining to right and wrong
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amiable
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friendly, agreeable
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assert
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to defend or claim
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fortitude
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moral strength, endurance
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analogy
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comparison
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heresy
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a belief different from accepted doctrine
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visage
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a face or facial expression
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whimsical
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unpredictable, odd
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evolve
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to develop gradually
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mystic
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mysterious
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personification
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nonhuman object given human qualities
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pompous
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self-important
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rejuvenate
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to give youthful qualities to
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insipid
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dull, lifeless
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loathe
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hate with a passion
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aesthetic
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artistic, sensitive to art and beauty
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charisma
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a special quality of leadership
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emphatically
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forcefully, assertively
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wan
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sickly pale, or faint, colorless
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oppurtune
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advantagesly timed
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qualm
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uneasiness, misgiving
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stamina
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strength, vigor
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axiom
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a self-evident truth
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compliance
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adapting to or giving in
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retribution
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punishment
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encompass
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to surround
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implacable
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not capable of being calmed or appeased
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stringent
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tight in finances, strict, severe
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transitory
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temporary
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perserverance
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persistence
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wreak
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to express (anger or hatred)
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commence
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to begin
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coffer
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box or chest used to store valuables
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hieroglyphic
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a picture or symbol representing a word, syllable, or sound
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juncture
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a point in time, crisis point
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retainer
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a fee in advance for services, an attendent
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tawny
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brownish-yellow, tan
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influx
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flowing in
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perceive
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to detect, to observe
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buffet
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a piece of dining room furniture, type of meal
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palatable
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fit to be eaten
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ensue
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follows
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steppe
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vast treeless plain
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bayou
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marshy inlet
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compassion
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pity for someone else's suffering
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ravage
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to inflict terrible destruction
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subsidize
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to promote
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