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11 Cards in this Set
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Adept
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- very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler
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Ambrosial
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exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant
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Baleful
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full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious
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Contending
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To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle
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Courier
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a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
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Divination
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the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
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Patrimony
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Patrimony
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Plunder
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to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc
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Rapine
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the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
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Retainer
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a servant or attendant who has served a family for many years.
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Valor
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boldness or determination in facing great danger, esp. in battle; heroic courage; bravery
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