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86 Cards in this Set
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sepulchre
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noun
tomb |
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wrought
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verb (past tense)
to forge, shape, effect |
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piety
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noun
dutifulness in religion, devoutness |
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aureate
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adjective
of a golden color or brilliance |
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pinion
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noun
wing, feather, quill |
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rampart
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noun
a protective barrier, bulwark |
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fratricide
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noun
one who murders his/her own brother |
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solemnize
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verb
dignify, make serious |
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glut
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noun/verb
to fill especially with food |
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usurp
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verb
to seize or hold an office by force or without right |
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prerogative
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noun
a special right, power, or privilege |
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scathe
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verb
to scorch, sear, do harm to |
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cognizance
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noun
knowledge, awareness, responsibility |
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wrest
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verb
to pull, force, or move with violent wringing or twisting movements |
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bier
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noun
stretcher, a stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed on |
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daunt
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verb
subdue, cow, lessen the courage of |
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whit
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noun
bit, the smallest part or particle imaginable |
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acquit
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verb
repay, requite, to discharge completely (from an obligation or accusation), to conduct oneself satisfactorily under stress |
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conversant
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adjective
having knowledge or experience |
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censure
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noun/verb
judgment, official reprimand, to blame or condemn sternly |
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behest
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noun
command, urgent prompting |
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abide
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verb
to await, withstand, tolerate, accept without objection |
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anarchy
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noun
disorder, absence or denial of government or established order |
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smite
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verb
to captivate, take, kill, affect as if by striking |
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sojourn
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noun/verb
a temporary stay, to stay as a temporary resident |
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libation
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noun
the act of pouring or drinking liquid as a sacrifice, a drink containing alcohol |
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immure
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verb
to imprison, build into a wall |
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brandish
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verb
to shake or wave menacingly |
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furbish
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verb
to polish, renovate |
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pine
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verb
to loose health or vigor through grief, to yearn intensely for something unattainable |
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rapt
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engrossed, wholly absorbed
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enkindle
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verb
to set on fire, to make bright and glowing |
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recompense
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to return in kind, to give something in way of compensation, requite
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harbinger
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precursor, one who foreshadows what is to come, one the pioneers or initiates a major change
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beguile
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to lead by deception, hoodwink
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procreate
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reproduce, propagate
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chalice
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noun
goblet, drinking cup |
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equivocate
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to use vague or misleading language to decieve
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lechery
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inordinate indulgence in sexual activities
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sacriligious
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unholy, gross irreverence to a hallowed person, place, or thing
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predominance
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the quality or state of having superior strength, influence or authority or being more frequent or common
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minion
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a follower, underling
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verity
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truthfulness
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rancor
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bitter ill-will
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sundry
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miscellaneous, various
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jocund
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adjective
marked by high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
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peal
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loud ringing of bells
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saucy
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bold and impudent, amusingly forward and flippant
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blanch
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bleach, to become white or pale
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malevolence
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vicious ill will, spite, hatred
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vanquish
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defeat, gain mastery over
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hauntboy
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musical wind instrument, oboe
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pernicious
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deadly, wicked
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avaricious
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greedy
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voluptous
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full of delight or pleasure, suggesting sensual pleasure
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concord
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state of agreement, harmony
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abound
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present in large numbers
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surfeit
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noun/verb
excess, to indulge |
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clamor
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noun/verb
noisy shouting, to protest noisily |
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temperate
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moderation, not extreme or excessive
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intemperance
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lack or moderation, excessive drinking of intoxicants
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assay
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trail, examination and determination of characteristics
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sanctity
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godliness, holiness
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fell
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adjective
fierce, cruel, terrible, deadly, malevolent |
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arbitrate
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to decide, determine, act as a judge in resolving a dispute
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corporal
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physical, of, relating to, or affecting the body
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quell
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quiet, pacify
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infirmity
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disease, frailty
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blaspheme
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verb
to abuse, speak of or address with irreverence |
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diminutive
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tiny, small
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laudable
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worthy of praise, commendable
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dolor
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sorrow, suffering or anguish
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fry
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noun
individuals, members of a group or class, very small fishes |
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resolute
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bold, resolved, marked by firm determination
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gibbet
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gallows
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defer
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put off, delay
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fester
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rot, generate pus
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vindicate
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to set free, avenge, justify
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permeate
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to spread or diffuse through
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dogged
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marked by stubborn determination
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peaked
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thin or sickly, dwindling away
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assimilation
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to absorb oneself into the culture of a population or group
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incredulity
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the state of being unwilling to admit or accept something as true
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coquette
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a women who tries to gain the affection and admiration of men without sincerity
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plaintive
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melancholy, suffering or woe
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burlesque
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mockery by caricature, theatrical entertainment, literary or dramatic work that ridicules by exaggeration of comic imitation
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