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20 Cards in this Set
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Bereavement
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Noun; the loss of a loved one by death
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Magnanimous
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Adjective; showing or suggesting a courageous or generious spirit
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Judicious
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Adjective; having of showing aound judgment
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Odious
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Adjective; deserving of hatred
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Battery
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Noun; a place for artillery or guns
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Boorish
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Adjective; crudely insensitive
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Mortification
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Noun; a sense of humiliation and shame
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Patron
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Noun; a special guardian or supporter
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Devoutly
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Adverb; sincerely
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Endeavor
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Noun; a serious effort toward a goal
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Haste
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Noun; rash or head long action
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Subtlety
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Noun; the habit of making fine drawn distinctions
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Insinuations
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Noun; hints;insertions by subtle and artful means
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Chronic
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Adjective; of long duration; continuing of lingering; firmly established by habit
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Notoriously
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Adverb; know widely and ussually unfavorably; infamously
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Auspicious
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Adjective; favorable; successful; prosperous
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Rendered
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Verb; to submi9t or present; to give or provide
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Extorted
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Verb; to obtain from by coercion or intimidation
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Exasperating
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Adjective; making very angery or impatient; provoking
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Vouchers
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Noun; a written record, as of an expenditure or transaction; a certificate represented a credit against future expenditures
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