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45 Cards in this Set
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suppliants
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asking humbly
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lamentation
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to feel deep sorrow, grieve, mourn
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chaplets
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a wreath of garland for the head
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pyre
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a pile on which a dead body is burned for a funeral
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augury
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divination from omens
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revelation
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a revealing, or disclosing of something
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expel
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to drive out by force
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defilement
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to make filthy or dirty
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compunction
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a sharp feeling of uneasiness brought on by a sense of guilt
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pallid
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pale
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besieger
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assailer
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riven
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to split of cleave
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proclamation
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an official announcement
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edict
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authoritative command
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sterile
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incapable of expanding
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choragos
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chorus leader
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clairvoyant
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foresee the future
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seer
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one who is believed to have special power of foreseeing future events
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pestilence
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epidemic disease
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divination
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art of practicing of foretelling the future
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temperate
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free from extreme temperatures
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opprtune
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well timed
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prudent
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having good judgement
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insolence
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rude behavior
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infamy
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being famous for something bad
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regicide
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act of killing a king
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desolate
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alone
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indiscretion
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lacking careful judgement
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brazen
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bold, shameless or impudent
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anarchy
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absence of government and law
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duplicity
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treachery , hypothetical deceit
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malice
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desire to cause pain against someone else
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soothsayer
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one who claims to be able to foretell future events
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foreboding
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foretelling
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maundering
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to talk or ramble incoherently
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abomination
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that which is disgusting or loathsome
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blasphemy
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expression of contempt for God
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impious
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not religious
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sepulchre
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burial place
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skewer
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long pin used to hold meat together while cooking
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baseness
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morally law
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maledictionn
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slander someone
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engender
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produce
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execrable
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detestable
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bane
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death destruction ruin
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