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70 Cards in this Set
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disrespectful language or treatment
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contumely (n)
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loud or harsh
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strident (adj)
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to decieve or trick
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beguile (v)
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to toss back and forth
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brandy (v)
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long established
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inveterate (adj)
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regret
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rue (v)
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descendant (one who descends from an ancestor)
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scion (n)
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deprived of something
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bereft (v)
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formal request
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behest (n)
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force or effort
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dint (n)
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to make known to the public
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promulgate (v)
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payment for wrongdoing
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expiation (n)
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the art of telling the future through interpreting signs and omens
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augury (n)
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an impelling (moral) force or impulse
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impetuse (n)
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harsh or inharmonious in sound
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dissonant (adj)
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a burial vault
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sepulcher (n)
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to pretent to be ignorant of something, implying support of that action
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connive (v)
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to work as a trade
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ply (v)
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awarness
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cognizance (n)
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bold and disrespectful
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brazen (adj)
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dead or decaying flesh
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carrion (n)
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to confine within, walls to imprison
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immure (v)
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accustomed or used to
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wont (adj)
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to move about rapidly and nimbly
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flit (v)
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to misrepresent, to picture falsly
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belie (v)
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lust or desire (formal term)
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concupiscence (n)
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comfort
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solance (n)
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friendliness
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magnanimity (n)
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degree and/or type of sound
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cadence (n)
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outward appearence or form
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semblance (n)
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person who falls behind, lags behind
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laggard (n)
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awe-inspiring
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sublime (adj)
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shedding light(physical or metaphysacal)
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luminous (adj)
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harmful
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malignant (adj)
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very bad
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atrosious (adj)
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a state of confusion
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stupor (n)
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shortsighted, lacking clear sight
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myopic (adj)
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laziness
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sloth (n)
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ill-tempered person
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cur (n)
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enormous
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prodigious (adj)
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foul-smelling
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putrid (adj)
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sad
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delorous (adj)
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someone who abuses their ecclesiastical postion
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simonist (n)
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to gratify or indulge a person, to flatter and show and inappropiate amount of attention to
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pander (v)
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notoriously bad behavior
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infamy (n)
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greed
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cupidity (n)
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unprincipled, immoral person
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rogue (n)
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passionate, intense
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torid (adj)
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prostitute
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courtesan (n)
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unclear like a cloud
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nebulous (adj)
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prostitute
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harlot (n)
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the labor demanded by the king, no payment is given
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corvee` (n)
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a revision af an early writen work based on critical examination or the text and sources used
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recension (n)
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narrow stip of cloth, metal, or wood
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fillet (n)
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a person bound by vows to live a religious life
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votary (n)
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a poured out offering made to a god
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libation (n)
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a plan or mechanincal device
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contrivance (n)
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a curved hanging chain of flowers
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festoon (n,v)
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long or tall, and thin
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spindly (adj)
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sly
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furtive (adj)
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pertaining to the cutting or precious stones
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lapidary (adj)
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to appease and offended person
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propitiate (v)
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dwelling place
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domicile (n)
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doneor said in a mannor that allows no argument or disagreement
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premptorily (adj)
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a sovereign ruler's represenative ruler in a region
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viceroy (n)
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located underneath
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nether (adj)
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mammals and verbs harmeful to game and crops
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vermin (n)
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rich soil made of sand and decayed vegitation
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loam (n)
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ornamental work made of fine wires or any delacate fanciful crafted work
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filgeree (n)
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a distance of roughly 3 miles
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league (n)
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