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25 Cards in this Set
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Abridge |
To shorten, to diminish |
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Affable |
Friendly, courteous, amiable |
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Alchemist |
One who practices medieval chemistry or tries to change metals into gold |
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Ascend |
To move upward, to rise from a lower station |
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Augment |
To make greater or to supplement |
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Augury |
An omen or prophecy |
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Baseness |
The quality of lacking higher values |
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Bequeath |
To hand down, to give it to leave in a will |
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Bestow |
To grant or to give |
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Clamor |
Loud noise or shouting |
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Conceit |
Excessively high opinion of one's own worth or ability |
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Confound |
To cause one to become confused |
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Contaminant |
Something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes |
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Covert |
Secret, concealed |
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Crave |
To desire intensely |
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Derision |
Scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
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Enfranchise |
To give or to bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship |
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Engender |
To cause, to produce, to create |
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Entreaty |
A plea, an earnest request |
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Exalt |
To glorify, to praise, to rise in rank |
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Flourish |
To thrive, to grow well |
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Gravity |
Seriousness, importance |
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Grievous |
Characterized be severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave |
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Hideous |
Very ugly, offensive, shocking |
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Homage |
A reverential regard; respect shown by external action |
