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43 Cards in this Set
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Entreated |
to beg; to ask |
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Assail |
to attack |
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Fortified |
shielded; secured; protected |
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Illume |
to brighten; to lighten |
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Usurp |
to seize; to confiscate |
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Avouch |
to certify; to confirm; to guarantee |
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Esteemed |
to honor; to respect; to prize |
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Ratified |
approved; confirmed; legalized |
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Mettle |
endurance; bravery |
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Resolutes |
brave; fearless; relentless people |
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Portentous |
foreboding; threatening |
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Privy |
made participant in secret |
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Discretion |
permission to make decisions with own judgement |
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Auspicious |
delightful, joyous, happy, lucky |
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Dirge |
funeral song; death march |
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Dole |
sadness |
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Visage |
the face or facial expression on a person |
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Denote |
to indicate; to mark or signal |
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Countenance |
appearance |
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Requite |
to avenge |
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Calumnious |
slanderous; attacking one's character |
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Precept |
rule, principle |
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Perilous |
dangerous |
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Importuned |
insistently begged |
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Traduced |
to slander, to speak falsely of |
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Pernicious |
deadly |
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Glean |
to gather, collect |
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Sovereign |
absolute; total undisputed |
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Satirical |
sarcastic; mocking |
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Rogue |
villain |
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Promontory |
a cliff high above water |
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Firmament |
the sky; the heavens |
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Pestilent |
deadly |
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Paragon |
perfect example; standard |
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Quintessence |
ideal |
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Cleave |
to split or stick |
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Malefactions |
evil deeds |
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Consummation |
completion; achievement |
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Calamity |
disaster |
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Contumely |
insulting treatment |
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Inoculate |
to cure by introducing some antigenic material |
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Wantonness |
immorality |
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Dejected |
depressed |
