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20 Cards in this Set
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cherubin
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a winged lion with a human face / a beautiful or innocent child
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bawdy
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humorously indecent
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strumpet
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a prostitute or promiscuous woman
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insinuating
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conveyed indirectly or obliquely
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cozening
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cheating, decieving, tricking
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humor
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the condition of being amusing or comic / a mood or state of mind
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mettle
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the quality of a person's disposition or temperament
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harlotry
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prostitution, the promiscuosity of promiscuous women
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purgatory
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the condition or supposed place of spiritual cleansing / a place or state of temporary suffering or expiation
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peevish
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easily annoyed, esp. by unimportant things
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palates
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senses of taste, flavours, tastes
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fraility
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the condition of being physically weak or delicate / liability to err or yield to temptation
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alabaster
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translucent white material often carved into ornaments
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pernicious
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destructive, ruinous, fatal; wicked, evil
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odious
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hateful, repulsive
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reprobation
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the expression or feeling of disapproval of; censure
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amorous
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showing, feeling, or inclined to sexual love
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sustain
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to provide with the basic necessities of life / to maintain or keep
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impediments
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hinderances or obstructions
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interim
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intervening time
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