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56 Cards in this Set
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inviolable
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(adj) secure from assault
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stern
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(n) therear part of a ship
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magnanimity
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(n) showing or suggesting a lofty and couargeous spirit; noble
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bow
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(n) front part of the ship
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perfidy
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(n) violation of faith or loyalty, treason
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arbitrary
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(adj) determined by will or caprice: selected at random
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carpet bagger
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(n) an oportuunistic or explited outsider
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sanctified
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(adj) made holy, consecrated
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paramour
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(n) unlawful lover
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succor
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(n)help, aid
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scurrilous
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(adj) vulgar and evil
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lar board
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(n) left port
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impious
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(adj) irreligious, lacking reverence for God
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obviated
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(v) anticipated and then prevented
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dominion
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(n) supreme authority
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roust
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(v) to make somebody move abruptly out of a place
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incurred
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(v) brought down upon oneself
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doxology
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(n) a hymn containing an ascription of praise to God
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anathema
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(n) a curse, one who is cursed by authority
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stanchion
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(n) an upright bar, beam, post or support, as in a window, stall, or ship
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prostrate
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(adj) lying flat, stretched out with your face on ground in adoration or submission
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impudent
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(adj) shameless, rude, imodest
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cavorting
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(v) to bound or prance about in a sprightly manner, caper
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obsequies
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(n) a funeral rite or ceremony
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unalienable
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(adj) not to be taken away, seperated or given away
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contiguity
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(n) proximity, nearness
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necromancer
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(n) sorcerer, a magician
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efficacy
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(n) the power to produce the effect wanted
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ignominy
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(n) personal humiliation and disgrace
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denizens
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(n) occupants
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scourging
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(v, n)whipping
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indubitably
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(adv) unquestionably
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providence
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(n) God
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usurpation
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(n) wrongful or illegal enrouchment of power
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rapscallion
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(n) a rascal, rogue, scamp
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remonstrate
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(v) to plead in opposition to something
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evasion
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(n) an act or instance of escaping, avoiding something
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penitence
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(n) sorrow for sins or faults
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starboard
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(n) the right -hand side of the ship
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pathos
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(n) an emotion or sympathetic pity
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approbation
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(n) approval
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transient
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(adj) not lasting long
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erudition
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(n) extensive knowledge gained from books
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lath
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(n) a thin, narrow strip of wood
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histrionic
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(adj) overly dramatic
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machinations
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(n) crafty actions intended to accomplish an evil plan
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obtrusive
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(adj) forward in manner or conduct
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insidious
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(adj) slowly and subtly harmful or destructive
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barbarous
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(adj) uncivilized, lacking culture or refinement
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panoply
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(n) ceremonial attire
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emancipate
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(v) to set free
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entreaty
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(n) to ask urgently
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carpet-bag
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(n)traveling bag made out of carpet; widely used in 19th century
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dissipate
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(v) to scatter in various directions; disperse
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malapropism
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(n) an act of misusing words ridiculously especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound
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picaresque
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pertaining to prose fiction, adventure of an engaging roguish hero described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people ex: huck finn
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