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130 Cards in this Set
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truculent
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fierce
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emolument
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salary
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vicissitude
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change in circumstance
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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evanescent
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quickly fading
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encumbrance
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burden
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torpor
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sluggishness
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lucubrations
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literary studyings
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ignominy
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public shame
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iniquity
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injustice/wickedness
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious
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mutability
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changeability
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caprice
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impulsive change of mind
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panoply
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impressive collection
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physiognomy
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physical appearance/landscape
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catechism
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Christian instructions
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manifest
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clear or obvious to eye/mind, to display or show
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hillocks
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small hills
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palliate
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make less severe or unpleasant
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somniferous
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sleep inducing
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catarrh
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excessive buildup mucus
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expiation
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to purge of sins
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venerable
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respected
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defunct
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not functioning
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transgressor
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law violator
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zenith
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high point
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scurrilous
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damaging reputation others
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transfiguration
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change in forms
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obviated
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remove need or difficulty
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propinquity
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proximity
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sedulous
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showing dedication
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incongruity
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not in harmony
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malevolent
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wishing to do evil
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trammel
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restricting others
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effluence
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substance that flows
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dryad
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nymph in woods
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prattle
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talk foolishly
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preternatural
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beyond natural
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irrefragable
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indisputed
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malignity
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ill will or spite
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gratuitous
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free of charge and unwarranted
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mien
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persons look/manner
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jocularity
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jokinly
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galliard
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lively dance
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effervescent
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lively/energetic or bubbling
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necromancy
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practice of talking to dead
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repugnance
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disgust
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portent
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sign somethings gonna happen
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ethereal
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out of world delicate lightness
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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albeit
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although
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choleric
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irritable and bad tempered
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colloquy
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religious talk/meeting
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erudite
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showing great knowledge
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magnate
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wealthy/important person
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phantasmagoric
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having fantastic/dreamlike feel
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satiate
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to satisfy to excess
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slovenliness
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messiness/dirtiness
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theocracy
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rule by religion
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providence
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God's will
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Puritanical
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strict/moral ways
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inculcation
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insistent urging
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propitiation
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appease
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ameliorate
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improve
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theology
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study of religion
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vestry
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room for church ppl and robes
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apparition`
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ghost
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trafficked
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dealing with...illegal
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blink
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tolerate
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dissembling
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concealing facts
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conjure
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summon spirits by spell
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vindictive
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vengeful
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propriety
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state of conforming to acceptable
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diametrically
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extremely opposing
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defamation
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ruining someone's good name
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malign
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evil in nature
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fiend
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demon
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iniquity
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gross injustice
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malevolence
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ill will on others
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contempt
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disrespect for rules or laws
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prosecutor
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the one prosecuting (attorney)
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deposition
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writing for court...witness
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plaintiff
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person who sues someone else
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guile
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sly intelligence
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reprieve
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cancel or postpone punishment
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indictment
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formal charge/accusation
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conspiracy
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plot
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purged
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to get rid of feeling
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penitence
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repenting sin
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brocade
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rich fabric
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folio
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group papers bound
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peevish
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easily irritated
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quaff
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drink heavily
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visage
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overall features of face
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anathema
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curse by religious person
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alembic
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distilling apparatus for science
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melancholy
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gloomy
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dilapidation
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falling into disrepair
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sojourn
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temporary stay
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ennuyé/ennui
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boredom
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malady
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disease
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fervid
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intensely passionate...to point that is bad
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pertinacity
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persistence
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trebled
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tripled
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escritoire
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writing desk
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trumpery
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unnecessary finery
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scrivener
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scribe or clerk
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imprimis
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"in the first place...."
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abrogation
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repeal of formal agreement/law
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execrable
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extremely bad
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a dun
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debtor for payment
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maledictions
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curses
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potations
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drinkings
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recondite
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little known on subject
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dissipation
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squandering of materals
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propriety
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appropriate behavior
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fain
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gladly
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quiescent
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state of inactivity
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bantling
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small child
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expiate
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atone for guilt/sin
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éclat
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brilliant display/effect
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titular
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head without real power like queen
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apologue
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moral fable with animals
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dualism
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mind and soul...contrasting sides
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aphorism
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observation that contains truth
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august
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respected and impressive
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confute
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prove to be wrong
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omniscience
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all knowing
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phlegmatic
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unemotional and weirdly calm
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