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35 Cards in this Set
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allay
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v; to reduce intensity
[allay fears of a test] |
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perdition
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n; hell, damnation
[it will send him to perdition] |
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bootless
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adj; useless
[bootless cries won't help] |
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rapt
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adj; engrossed, intrigued
[rapt in a book] |
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heed
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v; follow, obey
[heed orders] |
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temporal
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adj; not spiritual, earthly, worldly
[gave up temporal duties to pray] |
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inveterate
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adj; unchanging
[inveterate hatred] |
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homage
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n; pay honor/respect
[pay homage to gods] |
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extirpate
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v; root out, violent removal
[extirpate the Jews] |
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impertinent
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adj; rude
[impertinent kid talked back] |
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prescient
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adj; having knowledge of future, clairvoyant
[prescient woman in robes] |
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exposition
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l; info you need to know to understand action
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in medias res
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l; in the middle of things
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great chain of being
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l; god-angels-bishops-kings-princes-dukes-priests-men-women-children-beasts-etc.
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fortune
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l; wheel of fortune is constantly moving
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unities
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l; time, place, action (1 of each)
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abhor
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v; to hate, detest
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mitigate
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v; to lessen in intensity
[aspirin mitigates headaches] |
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cloven
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adj; split
[cloven hooves, cloven tree] |
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apparition
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n; spirit or ghost
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auspicious
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adj; hopeful
[auspicious start] |
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quaint
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adj; old-fashioned, odd
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perfidious
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adj; treacherous
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felicity
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n; happiness
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jocund
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adj; happy, cheerful
[they were jocund at the party] |
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debauched
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adj; morally corrupted, result of alcohol or drugs
[the debauched man went to rehab] |
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peerless
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adj; without equal
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surfeit
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n (can be verb too); a plentiful amount
[have a surfeit of pie] |
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requite
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v; to reciprocate, repay, return
[requited love] |
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bereft
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adj; state of being deprived
[he was bereft when finding out his son was gone] |
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abjure
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v; renounce, give up
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promontory
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n; high ridge
[stand on a promontory, see expanse] |
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prattle
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v; chatter
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diligent
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adj; hard-working
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mutability
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n; necessity of change
[mutability of life] |
