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20 Cards in this Set
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Unwitting
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Not intentional, without knowledge
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Tempestuous
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Turbulent, stormy
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Tarry
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To delay in coming or going, to linger
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Surfeited
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Fed or supplied to excess
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Supplication
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Begging, humbly asking for a favor
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Summon
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To call together, to send for or to request
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Sublime
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Exalted, noble, uplifting
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Stealthy
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Acting in a secret way-- this is a negative term
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Soothsayer
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A person who is able to predict the future; seer
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Rue
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To be sorry for, to regret
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Revere
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To honor, to regard with respect
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Respite
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A rest, a delay, a period of relief
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Reproach
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To blame for something; a disgrace
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Quench
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To extinguish, to put out; to relieve with liquid
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Quell
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To quiet or to put down a disturbance
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Quack
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An unqualified or fake doctor, charlatan
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Profane
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Showing contempt toward sacred things
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Presage
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Something that foreshadows a future event; foreknowing the future
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Potent
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Powerful, having a strong effect
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Pithy
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Concise and meaningful
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