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30 Cards in this Set
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portend
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to indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs
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important future happening, so much so that you are told of it in advance
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porent
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anything that indicates what is to happen
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precarious
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perilous
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pre - caution against something that is dangerous
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precocious
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having the mental faculties prematurely developed
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pre-cocky
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presage
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to foretell
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preternatural
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extraordinary
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prolix
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verbose
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pro - lix
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propinquity
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nearness
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propensity
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propitious
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kindly disposed
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propitiation
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proscribe
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to reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation
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pro - scribe
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protuberant
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bulging
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like a tuber
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puerile
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childish
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purring all the way
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punctilious
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strictly observant of rules or laws
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to the point
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pusillanimous
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without spirit or bravery
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silly like pussy cat
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pyre
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a heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body
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pile
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qualm
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a fit of nausea
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quibble
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an utterly trivial distinction or objection
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raconteur
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a person skilled in telling stories
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recounter
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ramify
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to divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
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rapacious
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sieze by force, avaricious
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rape
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raucous
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harshj
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like a racoon
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rebuff
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a peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches
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buffer it
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recrudescent
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becoming raw or sore again
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re-crude - descend into that state
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redress
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to set right, by compensation or punishment
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jesus
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refractory
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not amenable to control
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refractory tendencies hard to harness and control
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regale
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to give unusual pleasure
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like solomon, regal pleasures
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remonstrate
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to present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to correct the wrong
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better than a demonstration
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repast
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a meal, figuratively, any refreshment
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remember the past of that day during the tea times
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repine
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to indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding
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pine away if you do this too much
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reprobate
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one abandoned to depravity and sin
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probation
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