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16 Cards in this Set
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immolation
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n. offering of victim as a sacrifice to gods
ant: criminal syn: offering |
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succor
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n. aid/help/comfort in a time of distress
ant: agony syn: comfort, nuture |
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teemed
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v. to be full of things
ant: lack syn: abundance |
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babel
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n. confusion of voices or sounds
ant: peace syn: cacophony |
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ballast
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n. anything heavy carried in a ship to make it more stable
ant: unbalanced syn: upport/weight |
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subsided
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v. to become less intesne or sink to a lower level
ant: increase syn: decreace, recede |
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transgressor
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n. a person who breaks law, commandment or rules
atn: innocent syn: convict |
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obseiance
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n. gesture of respect
ant: disrespect ayn: reverance |
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exuberance
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n. state of high spirits and good health
ant: depression syn: enthusiam |
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diminutive
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adj. smaller than average
ant: enormous syn: undersized |
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esoteric
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adj. beyond understaning of most people
ant: ovbious yn: mysteryous |
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austerities
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n. self-denials, strict disipline
ant: extravagance syn: deprivation |
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decreptitude
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n. state of being worn out by old age or illness
ant: vigor, health syn: frailness, feeble |
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sublime
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adj. noble, admirable
atn: lowly, decieving syn: great, loyal |
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august
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adj. worthy of respect because of old age and dignity
ant:undignified ayn: honored, revered |
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secular
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adj. not sacred or religious
ant: nonclarical, theocratic syn: religious, clarical |
