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15 Cards in this Set
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sepulcher
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small room or monument in which a dead person is buried
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insidious
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proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
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ascectic
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suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
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imperturbably
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unable to be upset or excited;calm
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rapacious
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given to seizing for plunder/satisfaction of greed
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languidly
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displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort
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recondite
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obscure, little known
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perdition
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a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death
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edifying
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instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech intended to inspire
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odious
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extremely unpleasant; repulsive
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absconced
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escape hurriedly to avoid detection of an unlawful action
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factitious
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contrived and insincere rather than genuine, not real or natural but artificial or invented
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fisticuffs
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bare knuckle fist fighting
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obsequiously
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excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions
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