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25 Cards in this Set
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Construe
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interpret
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portentous
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ominous (something bad's going to happen)
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vex
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to trouble
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vile
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gross
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yoke
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opression (being kept down)
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affability
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friendliness, ease
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augumented
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make larger in size
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contagion
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transmission of disease , rapid communication, easily spread
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insurrection
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to overthrow take control of gov
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laments
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to regret or feel sorrow
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appeased
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to bring peace, quiet or calm, to sooth
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entreat
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ask for or request earnestly
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firmament
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the vault or expanse of the heavens
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grievous
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causing grief, pain or anguish
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plebian
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common people
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apparition
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a ghostly figure
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choler
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anger
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corporal
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characteristic of body as opposed to mind or spirit
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repose
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the act of resting
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wrangle
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to quarrel noisily or angerily
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engendered
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to bring into existance
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entrails
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the internal organs
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exigent
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critical moment
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reveler
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a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
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tarrying
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to delay
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