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25 Cards in this Set
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Ascertain |
To find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine |
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Aberration |
The act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. |
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Hedonist |
A person who's life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self gratification |
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Presage |
a presentiment or foreboding; an omen |
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Surfeit |
an excessive amount |
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Benefaction |
the act of conferring a benefit; the doing of good |
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Ablution |
a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual. |
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Baneful |
destructive; pernicious |
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Respite |
A delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief. |
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Tarry |
To remain or stay in a place |
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Castigate |
to criticize or reprimand severely |
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Venerable |
commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity. |
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Blight |
any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration. |
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Soothsayer |
a person who professes to foretell events |
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Vehement |
zealous; ardent; empassioned |
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Disheveled |
hanging loosely or in disorder, unkempt |
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Covetous |
inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or posessions |
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Goad |
prod; incite |
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Insolence |
contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech. |
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Austere |
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding |
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Jocular |
suited for or characterized by joking. |
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Indolent |
having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful. |
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Haughty |
disdainfully proud; snobbish |
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Supplicate |
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition |
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Palliative |
used to relieve or lessen a blight without curing. |
