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42 Cards in this Set
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Bizzare |
Strange |
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Brusque |
Abrupt in manner |
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Cadaverous |
Like a corpse |
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Austere |
Severe in manner |
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Cajole |
To persuade by promises |
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Castigate |
To criticize in order to correct |
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Concocted |
To prepare by combining ingredients. |
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Contrive |
To plan or invent |
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Debased |
To reduce in quality |
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Demagogue |
A leader |
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Desecrated |
To strip of sacred character |
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Disabuse |
To free |
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Disconcerted |
Disturbed |
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Equitable |
Characterized by fairness |
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Fetter |
A chain or shackle |
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Grandoise |
Affectedly important |
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Heinous |
Hateful |
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Immutable |
Unchangeable |
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Infraction |
Breach |
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Megalomania |
Mental illness due to wealth |
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Mitigate |
To lessen in force |
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Occult |
Relating to magic |
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Pillage |
To strip of money or goods |
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Prate |
Talk excessively |
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Punctilious |
Strict or exact |
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Reprove |
To criticize or correct. |
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Restitution |
Repair by giving an equivalent |
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Sangfroid |
Calmness |
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Soporific |
Tending to cause sleep |
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Stalwart |
Strong |
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Surmised |
To guess |
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Transmute |
To change from one nature |
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Umbrage |
Annoyance |
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Vulnerable |
Capable of being wounded |
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Amnesty |
A general pardon for offenses. |
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Blazon |
To publish |
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Caveat |
A warning |
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Filch |
To steal |
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Precepts |
A rule |
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Salutary |
Beneficial |
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Scourges |
To whip |
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Straitlaced |
Very strict |