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15 Cards in this Set
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Basest
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The bottom support of anything; that which a thing stands or rests.
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Exalted
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Raised or elevated, as in rank or character.
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Vulgar
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Characterized by lack of ignorance or taste; coarse, harsh.
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Flourish
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To be in a vigorous state; successful
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Servile
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Pertaining to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held as a slave or as partially enslaved.
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Soothsayer
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A person who professes to foretell events.
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Lamented
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Mourned for, as a person who is dead.
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Vexed
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Irritated, annoyed; much discussed or disputed.
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Repute
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Favorable reputation; to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified. EX: He was REPUTED to be a millionaire.
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Mettle
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Courage & Fortitude
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Obscurely
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Not clear or plain.
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Portentous
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Marvelous; an (evil/good) omen; inauspicious.
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Prodigious
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Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force.
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Alchemy
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A form of chemistry.
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Bestow
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To present as a gift; to put to some use.
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