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15 Cards in this Set
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puissant
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powerful; mighty
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redress
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the setting right of what is wrong
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cynic
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a person who believes selfishness motivtes human actions and who disbelieves in self acts
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assail
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to attack vigorously or violently
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chastise
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to discipline, especially by corporal punishment; to criticize severely
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appartition
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a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom
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parley
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(v) to talk; (n) a talk held by a group, like negotiations for a treaty between two countries.
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consort
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(n) someone who accompanies someone else (v) to associate; keep company
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demeanor
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(n) behavior; the way a person behaves towards others; mein
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disconsolate
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without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable
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engender
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to produce; to cause something to be created; to give birth to something
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entrails
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guts; innards; organs inside a body
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avenge
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to pay back or get revenge for something
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billow
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to fill with wind, like a snail in the wind
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enfranchise
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(vt) to give rights to; to give permission to someone to vote, to set free
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