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43 Cards in this Set
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Desolate
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deserted, gloomy
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Withered
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Shriveled
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Heath
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Tract of wasteland
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Hover
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To hang in air suspened in mid air
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Plight
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Difficult Situation
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HArdy
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Bold brave robust
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Disdaining
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Treated as beneath one's dignity
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Minion
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Servile follower
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Dire
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Dreadful
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Reeking
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Foul smelling
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Flout
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Scoff, jeer
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Dismal
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Unlucky days in the middle ages
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Deign
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To condescend
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Dwindle
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To slowly disappear or vanish
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Attire
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Clothing
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Prophet
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One who is able to tell the future
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Corporal
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Real, bodily, physical
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Surmise
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to guess or assume something with inconclusive evidence
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Interium
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the intervening time
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Implored
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to plead for
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Recompense
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To compensate, compensation
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Wanton
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extravagant, unrestrained
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Harbinger
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precursors, messengers
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Peerless
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matchless, incomparable
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Missive
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A letter
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Chastise
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to punish, castigate
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Impede
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To hinder
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Beguile
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To hoodwink, cheat
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Massive
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large collasal huge
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Flagon
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large metal/pottery vessel for drinking
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Surcease
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to put an end to, to discontinue
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Shoal
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shallow
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Courier
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Messenger
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Adage
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old common saying, bromide?
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Adhere
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To remain faithful show support
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Undaunted
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fearless, intnepid
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Clamor
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noisy shouting
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Feat
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an accomplishment
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Furbished
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To brighten by cleaning or rubbing; polish.
To restore; renovate |
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Prophetic
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having the function or powers of a prophet, as a person
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Leige
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a feudal lord or vassal entitled to allegiance and service.
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Metaphysical
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concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth.
b. concerned with first principles and ultimate grounds, as being, time, or substance |
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Sovereign
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a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
2. a person who has sovereign power or authority |
