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33 Cards in this Set
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abstinence
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self-restraint
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notorious
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widely but unfavorably known
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PHILANTHROPIES
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goodwill to others
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HEDONISTIC
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living a life of pleasure, self-indulgence
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INCENDIARY
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causing, or designed to cause fires
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CONVIVIAL
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social, jovial
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XENOPHOBIC
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having a fear or hatred of foreigners
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REPUGNANT
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distasteful, offensive, disagreeable
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MIASM A
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a poisonous vapor
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CONFLAGRATION
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a large destructive fire
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CONFLAGRATION
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a large destructive fire
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AUTOMATON
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a person acting in a mechanical way
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APATHETIC
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indifferent and unemotional
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DILAPIDATION
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the condition of falling to pieces
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PAROXYSM
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a sudden convulsion or outburst
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ATAVISTIC
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primitive
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RAZED
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to destroy to the ground; demolish
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LACERATIONS
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a torn and ragged wound
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CONTUSIONS
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a bruise
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COMPELLING
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forceful – demanding attention
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PUTRID
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decaying
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CREMATE
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to burn a body after death
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REFUGEE
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one who flees to escape danger
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INCONSOLABE
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incapable of being comforted
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MORIBUND
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`approaching death
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TALISMANIC
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something producing magical or miraculous effects
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DISHEVELED
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marked by disorder or disarray
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CAPRICIOUS
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sudden, unpredictable
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VERDANCY
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green vegetation
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EMANATIONS
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to come out from a source
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UNANIMOUS
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the state of total agreement
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CONSECRATE
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the act of devoting to a purpose
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EXHILARATE
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to make cheerful, enliven, excite
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