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61 Cards in this Set
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the truth
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sooth
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allow
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deign
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anything
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aught
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a representative sent before a royal party to make proper arrangements for its arrival
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harbringer
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woman in control, lover other than a man's wife
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mistress
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power
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sovereign
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bold
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undaunted
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spirit
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mettle
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liberal giving
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largess
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funeral bell
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knell
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destroys
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confounds
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a double talker
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equivocator
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a military term to describe a break in defenses, such as a hole in a castle wall
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breach
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best or favorites
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minions
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wasteful
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thriftless
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blessing
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benison
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a Scottish noble man, similar in rank to an English earl
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thane
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to that place
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thither
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where
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whither
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guess
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surmise
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to come as gain; accumulate
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accrue
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an ability to move quickly and easily; limberness
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agility
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refined behavior, elegance
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courtliness
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to postpone
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defer
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painstaking; hard-working
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diligent
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a show of contempt; scorn
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disdain
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promptness; efficiency
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dispatch
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standing out above others; high-ranking; prominent
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eminent
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careful with money, thrifty
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frugal
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a disease/disorder
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malady
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a current fashion or style
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mode
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pleasing in behavior or appearance
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personable
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to complain; fret
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repine
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in a composed, dignified manner, calmly
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sedately
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to handle skillfully
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wield
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a cause of pain or distress
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affliction
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cringing in fear
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cowering
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a shackle or chain; restraint
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fetter
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to stuff with food
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gorge
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having a bad reputation; notorious
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infamous
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an audible expression of grief; wail
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lament
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discolored; black and blue
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livid
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disgusting; hateful
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loathsome
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cloudy; gloomy
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murky
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a journey to a sacred place or with a lofty purpose
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pilgrimage
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to cleanse or purify
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purge
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to enjoy keenly
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relish
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a claw
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talon
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pulled tight
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taut
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twisting and turning in pain
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writhing
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to pour out or spread widely
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diffusing
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erratic, queer, singular or curious characteristics
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eccentricities
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to satisfy fully
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satiate
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things alluring or tempting; temptations
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enticements
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too valuable or excellent to be fully appreciate
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inestimable
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read attantively
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perused
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attacked violently, often verbal
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assailed
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having a friendly an sociable disposition
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amiable
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painfully affecting the feelings
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poignant
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to make or grow better, improve
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ameliorate
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an outline feature or countour of the face
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lineaments
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