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88 Cards in this Set
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Exodus
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Noun
A departure |
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obscure
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adj
not clear; of little fame or distinction |
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vigorously
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Adv
In an energetic strong manner |
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Bailiff
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Noun
An officer similar to a sheriff or deputy |
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Improvised
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Adv
Made or said without previous preparation |
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Vagrants
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Noun
Wanderers; tramps; beggars |
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Extradite
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Verb
To give up a fugitive or criminal to another nation or authority |
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Impassively
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Adv
In an indifferent manner; in an apathetic manner |
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Saunters
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Verb
To walk with leisurely manner; stroll |
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Gaunt
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Adv
Exsesivly thin or bony |
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Halyards
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Noun
Ropes used to raise or lower a flag or sail |
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Caricatured
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Verb
To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, dissorted manner |
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Rubes
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Noun
Unsophisticated persons from a rural area |
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Hoist
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verb
to raise or lift |
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Hawker
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Noun
A person who offers goods for sail by shouting about their wares in the street |
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Frond
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Noun
A large leaf (ferns or palms) |
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Placard
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Noun
A paper board or sign posted in public |
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Contempt
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Noun
Disapproval tinged with disgust |
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Unctuously
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Adv
in a manner characterized by exessive smugness, smoothness, and piousness |
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Undaunted
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Adj
Undismayed; not discouraged |
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Unplumbed
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Adj
Not understood or explored in depth |
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Converge
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verb
to meet in a point or line |
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miffed
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adj
put into an iritable mood especially by an offending action |
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infidel
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noun
A person who does accept a peticular faith; unbeliever |
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haughtily
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adv
in a snobbish, arragent manner |
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monkeyshines
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noun
mischievous pranks |
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hurdy-gurdy
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noun
a music instriment played by turning a crank |
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legions
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noun
any great number of persons or things |
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augmented
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adj
increased |
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jubilant
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adj
showing great joy |
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benign
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adj
gental; not harmful |
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pith
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adj
of signiftent weight; solid |
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basks
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verb
takes great pleasure or satisfation in |
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patriarch
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noun
male who is head of family or group |
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paunchy
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adj
having a large stomach; potbelly |
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indeterminate
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adj
not definate |
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anticipatory
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adj
showing or expressing anticipation |
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magnetism
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noun
strong attractive power or charm |
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prosecute
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verb
to institute legal law procceddings against |
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statutes
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noun
laws or rules |
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dignitaries
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noun
people who hold high ranks or offices in government or church |
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municipality
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noun
city; town; or district possessing corpret existenses and its own local government |
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suffrage
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noun
the right to vote |
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oratorical
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adj
of or pertaining to a public speaker |
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agape
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adj
wide open |
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vested
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verb
placed (especially with rights or powers) in someone; gave a position of authority |
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confer
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verb
to give as a gift, favor, or honor |
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commission
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noun
authority given for a peticular funtion |
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paraphernalia
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the articles used in a given activity
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repast
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noun
a meal |
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blasphemies
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noun
utterences or actions against god or sacred things |
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assails
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verb
attacks violently |
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precepts
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noun
commandments or dirrections given as rules of conduct |
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heathen
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adj
pertaining to a person who is not Christian, Muslum, or Jew; irreligous |
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dogma
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noun
established oppinion or belief |
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loath
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adj
hesitant, unwilling, reluctant |
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inaudible
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adj
not loud enough to be heard |
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chortles
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noun
gleaful chuckles |
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sovereign
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adj
having supreme power, rank, authority |
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indict
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verb
to charge with or accuse of crime |
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agile
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adj
quick, and well cordnated in movement |
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agnostic
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noun
a person who believes that the existence of God is unknowable or unknown |
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blithely
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adv
in a happy chearful, careful manner |
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jauntily
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adv
in an easy spritly mannor |
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resolution
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noun
firmness of purpose |
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ordinances
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noun
public rules and laws |
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fervor
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noun
great warmth and calmness of feelling; passion |
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tormented
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adj
characturized by mental suffering, missery, or worry |
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righteousness
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adj
upright and moral |
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throng
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noun
crowd |
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debris
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noun
the remains of anything broken or destroyed; litter; trash |
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fray
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noun
fight, battle, compettition or brawl |
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rancid
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adj
having a reak unpleasant stale smell or taste; rotten; offensive; nasty |
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linotypes
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noun
printing machine |
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cynical
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adj
distrustful of others motives; pessimiestic |
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detestability
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noun
quality of deserving hatred |
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temperate
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adj
not extreme, not excessive; moderate |
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incredulity
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noun
inabilty or unwillingness to believe |
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truck garden
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noun
a farm for growing of vegetables for market |
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hinterland
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noun
the remote or less developed parts of a country; backcountry |
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reluctantly
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adv
in a hesitant or unwilling manner |
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flivver
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noun
small old inexpensive car |
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emphatically
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adv
uttered or done in a strong expessive manner; in a forceful manner |
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brandishes
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verb
shakes or waves as a weapon |
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dissolve
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verb
to dissapear gradually; fade away |
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idly
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adv
in an inactive or not busy mannor |
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ominous
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adj
indicating in advance the coming of evil or harm |
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valise
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noun
small piece of luggage |
