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84 Cards in this Set
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tenure
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period during which something is held
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execrated
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denounced
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pernicious
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destructive; deadly
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lucid
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easily understood
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incongruity
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at odds; not matching
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exhorted
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urged; advised
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reticent
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reserved
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apparition
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ghost
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assiduity
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constant personal attentions
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indelible
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permanent
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reconnoitre
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make a preliminary investigation
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tithe
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one-tenth
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malignant
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disposed towards evil
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approbation
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approval
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obsequious
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full of or showing servile compliance
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repudiate
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totally reject
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consorted
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associated
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auspicious
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marked by success; grand
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fidelity
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faithfulness; loyalty
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abject
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contemptible; miserable, wretched
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contiguous
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neighboring; adjacent
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alluded
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suggested indirectly
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fain
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pleased; willing; obliged
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irresolute
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undecided
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epistle
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letter
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abeyance
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condition of being temporarily set aside
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obdurate
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hard-hearted; not giving in to persuasion
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despose
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make a statement of facts
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presentiment
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sense that something is about to happen
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refectories
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rooms where meals are served
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intimation
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hint
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propensities
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tendicies
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consigned
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entrusted; gave over to the care of another
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truculent
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having a tendency to fight; fierce
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plaited
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braided
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intricacies
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complexities
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superciliously
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showing haughty disdain
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insolent
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arrogant; insulting
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extricate
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release from an entanglement
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impiously
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lacking reverence, respect or dutifulness
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expatriated
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removed from residence in one's native land
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eliciting
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bringing out; drawing forth
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impetuosity
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forcefully or passionately
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imperiously
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domineeringly; overbearingly
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loitered
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proceeded slowly or with many stops
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magnanimous
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generous in forgiving; noble
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depreciation
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belittling
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odious
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arousing strong dislike
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detrimental
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damaging
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acquiesced
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consented without argument
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avaricious
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stingy
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perused
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looked over with care
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benevolent
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good
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augur
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predict
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excreating
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cursing
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countenances
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faces
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obstinately
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stubbornly
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disconsolately
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gloomily
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ravenously
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hungrily
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capricious
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whimsical
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felicitous
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lucky
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synopsis
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summary
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morose
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melancholy; gloomy
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unscrupulous
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without a conscience or a moral code
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corroborated
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supported by other evidence
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alienate
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turn away; push away
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latent
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present but not active; hidden
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futile
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having no useful result
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trepidation
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state of dread or alarm
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pervade
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be present throughout
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fortuitously
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by accident or chance
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ignominiously
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shamefully; humiliatingly
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insolently
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insultingly; rudely
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prevailing
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most common; widespread
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augmented
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added to
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ague
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fever and chills
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blithe
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carefree & lighthearted
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omnipotent
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all-powerful
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asunder
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apart from each other
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exonerated
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freed from blame
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sagacioiusly
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intelligently; wisely
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trenchant
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distinct; forceful, effective & vigorous
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consternation
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state of paralizing dismay
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connubial
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relating to marriage
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