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55 Cards in this Set
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Visage
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appearance
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Allay
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To calm, relieve
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Mercenary
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a Hired soldier
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Prodigal
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Given in abundance
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Impugn
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To insist as questionable
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Abate
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to lessen
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Confound
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to make something worse
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Wanton
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lewd
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Gaudy
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showy, tasteless
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Enmity
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deep hatred
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Gesticulate
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to express by making gestures
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Ebuillent
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enthusiastic
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Vicissitude
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Changing unexpectadly
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Tumult
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a commotion
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Lamentation
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The act of grieving
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Mortification
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A feeling of shame
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Decorous
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Characterized by exhibiting proper behavior
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Incredulous
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incredibly sceptical
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Pallor
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extreme paleness
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Contemtuous
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scornful
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Indignation
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Anger aroused by something unjust
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Furtive
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shifty, stealthy
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Enormity
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largeness
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Eccentric
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different from the norm
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Solemn
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deeply serious
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Opaque
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dense, impenitrable by light
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Compel
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to force
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Immerse
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to engage wholly
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Rouse
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to stir up
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Omen
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a fortelling of good or evil
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Hiatus
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a gap or break
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Flail
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to violently,vigourusly move
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Aromatic
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Having an aroma
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Descent
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The act of descending
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Martyr
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someone who sacrifices themselves for a greater cause
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Bleak
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cold, gloomy, boring
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Assurance
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a statement that inspires confidence
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Formulate
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To devise
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FID
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faith ex. confident
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FUS/FUND/FOUND
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to pour ex. foundation
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GRAD/GRESS
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to step, go ex. transgress
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JAC/JECT
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To throw ex. eject
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MAL
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bad ex. malnutrition
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PENS/PEND/POND
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To hang to weigh ex. Pendulum
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PLIC/PLY/PLI
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To fold ex. complicated
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SCRIB/SCRIPT
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write ex. scripture
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SED/SESS/SID
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to settle ex. sedate
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SENT/SENS
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to feel ex. sensation
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SPEC/SPIC
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look, see ex. spectator
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SOLV/SOLUT
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free, loosen ex. dissolve
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SPIR
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breath ex. perspiration
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TEMPOR
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time ex. temporary
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TORT
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twist ex. contort
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VIS/VID
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to see ex. video
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VOC/VOCAT/VOK
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call ex. vocabulary
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