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14 Cards in this Set
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Epiphany
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A sudden realization
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allusion
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rference to a hisorical literary person from an event
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Asylum
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A place of refuge
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Penury
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A lack of money, property, and necessities
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Metamorphosis
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a marked change
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despotic
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abuse their power (Tyrant)
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servile
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slavish in character or attitude
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Subsistence
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The way you earn a living
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Timidly
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Easily frightened
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Simpered
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to smile in a silly way (awkward way)
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Avid
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having a passionate desire
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Delved
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to search carefully
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Pestilence
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disease, contageous
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Indomitable
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unconquerable
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