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62 Cards in this Set
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abhor
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Loathe
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Ambiguous
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Equivocal, uncertain
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Amity
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Friendship
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Arraign
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Accuse
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Arrant
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Downright
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Arras
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Curtain, screen
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Assail
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Attack repeatedly
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Augury
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Omen
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Avouch
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Assert
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Beguile
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Delude, while away pleasantly
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Blench
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White pale
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Bourn
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Boundary
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Buffet
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A blow (strike) , or an emotional blow
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Bulwark
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Strong defense
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Calumny
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False statement
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Cerement
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Garments for courpse
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Cicatrice
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Scar or wound
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Cleave
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Pierce, penetrate
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Collateral
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Secondary, incorrect
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Consummation
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Fundamental
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Contumely
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Insolent contempt
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Convocation
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Assembly
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Cudgel
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Heavy club used to beat someone
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Dearth
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scarcity
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Diadem
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Crown
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Diligence
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Earnest effort
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Felicity
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Bliss, happiness
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Firmament
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The heavens
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Flagon
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container
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Germane
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relevant
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Gratis
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free
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Gules
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Red
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Harbinger
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Forerunner
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Hatchment
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Tablet with dead person’s coat of arms
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Importunate
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Urgent, persistent, troublesome, burdensome
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Jocund
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Cheerful, merry
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Judicious
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Wise , sensible
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Lecherous
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Lewd, lustful
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Livery
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uniform, garb
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Malefaction
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Evil deed , crime
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Mountebank
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Seller of quack medicine
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Niggard
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Miser
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Oblivion
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Forgetfulness
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Offal
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Garbage; refuse
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Orison
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Prayer
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Palpable
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Tangible
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Pate
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Head
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Politic
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Shrewd
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Portentous
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Ominous
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Prate
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Babble
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Purport
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Meaning
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Quintessence
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Pureset form of some quality
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Requiem
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Hymn for the dead
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Requite
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Payback, reward
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Shard
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Broken piece, fragment
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Superfluous
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Unnecessary
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Tenantless
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Not occupied
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Traduce
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Slander
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Unction
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Something soothing or comforting
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Usurp
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seize unfairly
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Visage
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Face, appearance
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conjuration
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solemn appeal
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