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56 Cards in this Set
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pilfering
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stealing
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morbidly
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gloomily
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intercourse
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dealings with or communication
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circumstantial
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incidential; indirect
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restorative
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bringing back to a formative or normal condition
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Catechism
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a book containing the basic beliefs of the church and used for insrtuction
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render
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to translate the meaning of
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purblind
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nearly blind
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expending`
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spending
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epistle
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a letter
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erudition
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learning acquired by reading and study
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purple leptic fit
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apoplexy
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manifest
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obvious
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perspicuity
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awareness; sharp insight
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sagaciously
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wisely
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conciliatory
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tending to reconcile
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mooncalf
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idiot
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ablutions
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washing of the body as part of a religious ceremony
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farinaceous
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starchy;stiff
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speculation
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a thought
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gormandizing
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gluttonous
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discomfited
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embarrassed
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disputatious
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fond of arguing
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contemptuous
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scornful
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ignominiously
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disgracefully
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reticence
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reluctance
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obstinacy
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stubbornness
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adamantine
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very hard; unbreakable
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fardens
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slang for farthings; an amount of money less than pennies
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caparisoned
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a decorated house; finery
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sedan-chair
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an enclosed portable chair
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testily
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irritably
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genteel
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refined
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metaphysics
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in Dickens' time, reverence to a spiritual, ethical, philosophical, and religious matter
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felicitous
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appropriate
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conception
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and idea
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synopsis
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summary
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paroxysm
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sudden outburst or fit
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snuffers
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devices used to extinguish candles
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expounded
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explained; clarified
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ophthalmic
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related to the eye
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stupefied
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astonished
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superciliously
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sneering with contempt
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pervade
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to fill completely
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toadied
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flatterers
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proprieties
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what are considered proper
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burly
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large, heavy
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plaintively
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mournfully; sadly
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contemplated
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considered thoroughly
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stay-lace
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the lace used to bind a corset
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inefficacy
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lack of ability; inefficiency
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countenance
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the face
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condescend
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to deal with others in a proud or haughty manner
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dexterous
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skillful
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obtruded
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interfered
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sanguinary
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bloodthirsty
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