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99 Cards in this Set
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Qualms
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Noun
A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness or nausea, uneasy and nervous |
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Reprieve
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Verb/Noun
To postpone or cancel the punishment of, temporary relief |
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Titillate
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Verb
To stimulate by touching lightly, tickle |
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Trepidation
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Noun
A state of alarm or dread apprehension an involuntary trembling |
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Abomination
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Noun
Something disgusting |
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Ameliorate
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Verb
Make or grow better |
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Anarchy
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Noun
no law, chaos |
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Beguile
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Verb
Desieve cheated |
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Deference
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Noun
submission, respect |
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Dissembling
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Noun/Verb
hid ones true apperence, concil motives |
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Faction
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Noun
a group of people with a similar agenda |
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Formidable
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Adj
fear, dread |
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Gait
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Adj
manor of running or walking |
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Immaculate
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Adj
free from fault or error, clean |
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Inept
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Adj
not fitting or unable |
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Intimations
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Noun
suggestion, hint or clue |
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Lechery
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Noun
excessive indulgence in sex |
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Licentious
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Adj
free from moral restraint |
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Malignant
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Adj
causing harm or death |
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notorious
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Adj
widly known |
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Pallor
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Noun
extreme or unnatural palness |
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Paradox
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Noun
contridicting statement that seems to be true |
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Partisans
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Noun
supporter of a cause, follower |
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Pious
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Adj
very religious |
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Predilection
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Noun
preference |
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Probity
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Noun
Proper |
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Prodigious
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Adj
Huge |
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Propiety
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Noun
acceptable behavior |
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Providence
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Noun
Divine guidence, care from God |
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Taciturn
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Adj
silent |
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Qualms
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Noun
A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness or nausea, uneasy and nervous |
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Reprieve
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Verb/Noun
To postpone or cancel the punishment of, temporary relief |
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Titillate
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Verb
To stimulate by touching lightly, tickle |
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Trepidation
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Noun
A state of alarm or dread apprehension an involuntary trembling |
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Abomination
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Noun
Something disgusting |
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Ameliorate
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Verb
Make or grow better |
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Anarchy
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Noun
no law, chaos |
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Beguile
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Verb
Desieve cheated |
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Deference
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Noun
submission, respect |
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Dissembling
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Noun/Verb
hid ones true apperence, concil motives |
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Faction
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Noun
a group of people with a similar agenda |
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Formidable
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Adj
fear, dread |
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Gait
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Adj
manor of running or walking |
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Immaculate
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Adj
free from fault or error, clean |
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Inept
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Adj
not fitting or unable |
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Innocuous
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Adj
harmless |
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Reticent
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Noun
silent |
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Concession
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Noun
Admission |
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Tenuous
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Adj
weak |
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Fatuous
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Adj
silly |
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Latent
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Adj
present but not visible/inactive |
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Dormant
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Adj
present but not visible/inactive |
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Obstinate
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Adj
sutbborn |
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incisive
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Adj
clear |
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Tangible
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Adj
touchable |
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Convivial
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Adj
Sociable |
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Opulence
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Noun
wealth |
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Indolent
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Adj
lazy |
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Languid
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Adj
weak |
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Perfunctory
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Adj/Verb
little care |
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Ominous
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Adj
threatning |
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Stoicism
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Noun
not easily excited |
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Stolid
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Adj
unresponcive |
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Felicitous
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Adj
appropriate |
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Recrimination
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Noun
counter-charge |
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Inexorable
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Adj
ridigid |
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Compunction
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Noun
guilt |
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Admonished
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Verb
scold |
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Affable
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Adj
easy to talk to |
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Uncouth
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Adj
Unrefined |
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Facetuiys
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Adj
mean/humor sarcastic |
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Austere
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Adj
strict |
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Conjecture
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Noun/Verb
guess |
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Fractious
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Adj
inclined to make trouble |
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Contemptuous
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Adj
feeling or expressing hate |
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Supercilious
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Adj
arogent, superior |
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Vacuous
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Adj
empty, stupid |
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Corpulent
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Adj
very fat |
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Malevolence
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Noun
persistant, wishing, hate, spit |
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Juxtaposition
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Noun
act of putting side by side |
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Benediction
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Noun
blessing |
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Denizen
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Noun
inhabitant |
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Nebulous
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Adj
vague, unclear |
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Portentous
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Adj
foreboding, threatning |
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Truculent
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Adj
fierce, agressive |
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Redolent
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Adj
omitting fragrance |
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Fortuitously
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Adj
Happining by luck |
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Complacency
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Noun
feeling of self satisfaction |
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Tumultuous
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Adj
confused, distordly |
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Magnanimous
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Adj
courageously nobel |
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Aesthetic
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Adj
beauty, good taste |
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Subterfuge
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Noun
dispeptive divice, faking |
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Implore
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Adj
beg |
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Wan
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Adj
pale, lacking intenseness |
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Laudable
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Adj
praiseworthy |
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Lethargice
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Adj
sluggish |
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Feigned
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Verb
Pretend |
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Florid
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Adj
rosy colored |
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Conspire
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Verb
to plan secretly and unlawful act |
