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28 Cards in this Set
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Indignation |
Anger as a result of something unjust |
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Instigation |
Urging, provocation; initiation |
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Kindle |
To start a fire, to stir up |
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Knotty |
So complicated that it can probably not be solved; full of knots |
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Lament |
To mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner. |
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Legacy |
A gift by will, something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor |
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Malice |
Desire to harm others |
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Melancholy |
Depression of spirits |
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Mettle |
Courage or spirit |
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Mirth |
Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter |
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Muse |
To ponder |
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Mutinous |
Rebellious, unruly |
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Obscure |
Difficult to see, vague |
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Ominous |
Threatening |
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Portent |
A sign or forewarning |
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Prodigiouspro |
Extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree( great in size, and enormus |
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Prodigy |
One with exceptional talents or powers; an extraordinary accomplishment |
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Prostration |
A stretching out due to lack of vitality and being completely overcome |
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Replicate |
To repeat, to copy, or to duplicate |
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Reputable |
Having a good reputation |
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Revere |
To honor to regard with respect |
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Rhetoric |
The art of using words effectively in speaking or writing; inflated language |
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Rout |
To gouge out or to make a furrow in; to expel by force |
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Servile |
Overly submissive |
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Soothsayer |
Person who is able to predict the future; seer |
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Spurn |
Reject or to refuse with hostility |
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Sterile |
Incapable of reproducing |
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Taper |
To decrease in thickness or with |
