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57 Cards in this Set
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Immolation
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Offering or killing made as a sacrifice
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Succor
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Aid; relief
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Somber
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Dark; gloomy
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Teemed
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Was full of; swarmed
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Glean
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Collect grain left by reapers
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Precepts
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Rules of conduct
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Lucid
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Clear; apparent
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Affliction
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Something that causes pain or distress
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Recompense
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Payment of what is owed; reward
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Renown
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Fame
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Feigning
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Giving a false impression
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Livery
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Uniform worn by servants in a wealthy household; stabling of livestock for pay
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Beguiled
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To have drawn notice by charm or wiles
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Condole
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To express sympathetic sorrow
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Pensioners
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Retainers; bodyguards of the court
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Dulcet
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Sweet to the ear; melodious
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Leviathan
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Large, giant sea monster; whale
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Extort
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To obtain by force or threat
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Sojourn
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Stay or visit with
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Derision
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Scornful or contemptuous ridicule
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Amiable
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Generally agreeable with a friendly and social disposition
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Quell
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Pit down; suppress; pacify
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Prodigious
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Extraordinary in bulk, quantity or degree; monstrous
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Consecrate
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Make scared; to make venerable
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Immortality
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Quality or state of being exempt from death; unending existence
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Manifestations
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Material forms
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Calamity
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Keep trouble
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Submissive
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Yielding, giving in without resistance
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Chastisements
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Punishments
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Mediocre
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Not good enough; inferior
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Perjured
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Purposely false
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Incensed
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Very angry; enraged
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Sacrosanct
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Very holy; sacred
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Brazen
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Literally, out of brass, shamelessly bold
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Implore
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Beg
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Stinted
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Limited to a certain quality
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Lustrous
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Shining
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Illustrious
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Distinguished; famous
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Mantled
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Cloak or envelope
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Gaudy
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Extravagantly bright or showy
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Harries
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To ravage or annoy
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Folly
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Foolishness
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Shrill
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High pitched and piercing
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Disdain
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The feeling that someone/ something is unworthy of ones consideration or respect
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Abashed
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Make/ feel embarrassed, disconcerted or ashamed
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Blanches
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Make white or pale by extracting color
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Squalls
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Sudden violent gust of wind or localised storm
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Serried
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Rows of people/ things standing close together
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Licit
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Not forbidden; lawful
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Putrid
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Decaying or rotting and emitting a fêted smell
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Impious
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Showing a lack of respect for God or religion
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Rapacious
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Aggressively greedy or grasping
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Mired
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Cause to become stuck in mud
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Torpid
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Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic
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Verdure
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Lush green vegetation
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Meted
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Dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment
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Progeny
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A descendant of a person, animal, or plant; offspring
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