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120 Cards in this Set
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sojourn
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temporarily stay
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thrall
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slavery
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luminous
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enlightening; brilliant intellectually
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heed
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careful attention
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mandate
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authoritative command
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pillage
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plundering
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promontory
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bluff, part of plateau, overlooking a lowland
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remiss
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careless
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gentry
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upper ruling class
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uncouth
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strange
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comely
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attractive/suitable/welcoming
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ardor
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passion
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vicutals
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food provisions
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consort
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to agree
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abase
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humiliate/bring down
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languish
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to become weak
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affront
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insult/offend
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feign
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to disguise or conceal
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wanton
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hard to control/inhumane
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hapless
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unfortunate
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guile
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sly trickery
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profusion
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plentiful supply/great quantity
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annexed
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attached as an addition
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prodigious
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very big/huge
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peals
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loud sounds
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boon
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blessing
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desolation
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sadness/lonliness
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beguile
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to deceive cunningly
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foreboding
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have feeling of something bad going to happen/foretell
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disconsolate
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very sad/dejected
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somber
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gloomy
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atone
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to make amends for a sin
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bane
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killer/destroyer
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implacable
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not possible to change, satisfy, or please
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impalpable
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unable to be felt by touch
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maelstrom
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large, powerful whirlpool
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timorous
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fearful
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wantonness
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carelessness
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gallant
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brave/noble man
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eddied
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to move or whirl in currents
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assent
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to agree
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anoint
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dedicate to the service of god
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booty
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plunder/pillage
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crux
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essential point requiring resolution
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colloquy
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discussion/conversation
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stockade
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barrier made of stakes
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palisade
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fence for defense
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swill
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to drink greedily/grossly
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concubine
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second wife
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amenity
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features providing comfort or luxury
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chattel
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property other than land/slaves
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provision
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something provided
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clarion
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loud and clear
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dally
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to waste/delay
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minion
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follower/helper
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quandary
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state of uncertainty/dilemma
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impudence
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disrespectful
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cower
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to crouch in fear or shame
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oblation
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the act of offering something
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conjure
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to call forth by magical words
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dole
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distribute in charity/handout
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respite
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put off/delay
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mendicant
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beggar
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goad
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to provoke or prod
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niggard
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stingy/ungenerous
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pith
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essential part
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flout
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mock/treat with scorn
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galling
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irritating/shocking
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compunction
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guilt/remorse
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blithe
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joyous/carefree
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maudlin
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excessively emostional
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suppliant
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asking humbly/earnestly
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odium
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hatred
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impervious
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not letting anything pass through
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callow
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immature
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covey
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group
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hackles
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anger
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forlorn
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sad miserable
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rout
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defeat
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disconcerted
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throw into confusion
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contending
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struggling
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harried
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harassed/beset by problems
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plundered
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took by force/looted/stole
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valor
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personal bravery
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insolence
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quality of being overbearing/rude
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sage
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wise
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indignation
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anger aroused by something unjust
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lament
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to express sorrow/mourn
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audacity
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bold/arrogant
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tactacian
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clever maneuverer
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broach
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to mention or suggest for the first time
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insidious
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stealthily treacherous or deceitful
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brazen
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marked by boldness
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rebuffed
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rejected/criticized
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libation
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pouring a liquid as a sacrafice
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lithe
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characterized by flexibility and grace
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anguish
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extreme pain/distress
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desolation
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loneliness/devastation
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feign
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to conceal/disguise
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abhorred
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detest/loathe
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quills
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feather used to weave a shroud
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rasping
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irritating/harsh
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quiver
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case for carrying arrows
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commandeer
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to take possession of by force
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coddle
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to treat with extreme care/pamper
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revelry
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boisterous festivity/merrymaking
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runnels
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narrow channel or course/brook
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tithe
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a tenth part (income)
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threshold
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entrance
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mettle
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ability to keep going/strength
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bordello
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house of prostitutes
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flog
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to beat severely with a stick
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brimestone
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sulfur
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tremulous
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fearful
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sally
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to rush or leap forth
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threnody
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song of mourning sorrow
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unguent
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ointment
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wily
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tricky
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baseness
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dishonorable/selfish/cowardly
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arbiter
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a judge
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