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47 Cards in this Set
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Augment |
To make greater, increase |
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Surfeit |
To overindulge |
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Appall |
To horrify, shock |
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Multitudinous |
Consisting of many elements or parts |
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Sacrilegious |
Violating something sacred |
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Undivulged |
Not revealed |
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Predominance |
Superiority in effectiveness, degree, quality |
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Minion |
A favorite |
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Predecessor |
A person who comes before another in time in a position of office |
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Sovereignty |
Royal authority or power |
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Charnel House |
A building into which bones were thrown when a grave was dug up to make room for a new corpse |
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Avaunt |
Begone |
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Cauldron |
A large kettle pot |
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Impress |
To force |
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Coz |
A flag carried by a soldier |
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Sooth |
Truth |
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Oracle |
May be the person through whom a diety speaks; information about the future |
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Lave |
To bathe |
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Maws |
Bellies ; stomachs |
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Kites |
Birds of prey, often hawks |
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Speculation |
The power of sight |
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Apparition |
A ghostly figure |
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Bodements |
Prophecies |
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School |
(Verb) to teach; to discipline |
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Ague |
Fever and chills |
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Forced |
Reinforced |
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Seige |
A military blockade of a town or fort in order to force its surrender |
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Posterity |
All succeeding generations |
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Verity |
A statement or belief acknowledged to be an established truth |
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Oracle |
Something or someone believed to be a source of wisdom |
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Indissoluble |
Lasting or permanent |
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Parricide |
Murder of a parent |
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Dauntless |
Fearless |
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Unlineal |
Not hereditary |
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Rancor |
Malice, spiteful |
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Bounteous |
Plentiful |
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Grapple |
To grip and hold |
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Incense |
To make very angry |
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Sundry |
Miscellaneous; of an indefinite small number |
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Levy |
The inposing or collecting of taxes or other payments |
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Jovial |
Playful, good-humored |
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Jocund |
Jovial, cheerful |
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Cloister |
A place of religious seclusion; to seclude |
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Venom |
Spite, malice |
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Grandam |
An old woman |
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Infirmity |
Weakness, feebleness |
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Homage |
Anything done to show honor or respect |