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20 Cards in this Set
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Lamentation - n
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an expression of sorrow or mourning
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Supplication - n
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a humble plea
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Compunction - n
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uneasiness caused by guilt, remorse
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Lustration - n
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purification through ritual
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Clairvoyant - adj
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capable of perceiving through intuition things that can't be seen
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Expedient - n
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something that is useful or helpful
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Divination - n
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the act of foretelling the future
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Descant - n
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melody
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Brazen - adj
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shameless, insolent, disrespectful
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Regicide - n
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murder of a monarch
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Maunder - v
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To talk incoherently or aimlessly
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Pestilence - n
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a fatal epidemic, or disease
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Oracle - n
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A shrine consecrated to the worship and consultation of a prophetic deity, as that of Apollo at Delphi
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Augury - n
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an omen or prophecy
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Espouse - v
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marry, to give ones loyalty to, to adopt or embrace a cause
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Mummery - n
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pretentious or hypocritical rites
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Tempestuous - adj
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turbulent, stormy
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Venerate - v
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to honor, to revere
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Besiege - v
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To harass or importune, as with requests; To crowd around; hem in
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Defile - v
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to make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute
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