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45 Cards in this Set
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bombast
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adj: puffed up/pompous
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preferment
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noun: promotion
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obsequious
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adj: fawning, showing servile compliance
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grange
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noun: farm/grainery
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lascivious
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adj: lecherous(indulgence in sex)
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deluding
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verb: deceiving
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promulgate
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verb: to make a deceleration/announce to public
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beguiled
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verb: diverted,taken away, charmed or delighted
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alacrity
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noun: eagerness, quicknss
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surfeited
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verb: indulgent/overfilled/overgratified
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tempest
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noun: violent storm
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base
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noun: common law; low in station
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satiety
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noun: fed to excess
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requisites
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adj: requirements
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impediment
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noun: something in the way, hinderance
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egregiously
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adj: conspicously, offensively
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perdition
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noun: total ruin,damnation
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shrift
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noun: confessional/ remission of sin
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beseech
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verb: repeated request/beg
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wooed
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men who court women
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conspire
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verb: secretly plot
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importunity
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noun: earnest request/demand
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castigation
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verb: punishment,criticism
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advocation
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verb: to plead in favor of/ccause of action
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suborned
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verb: induced of commit a bad action or perjury/ to do unlawful things
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credulous
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adj: gullible
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reproach
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noun: expression of disapproval/ criticism
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wit
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verb: intelligence, humor
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iniquity
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noun: sins/ wickedness
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expostulate
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verb: reason earnestly/ discuss, examine
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mandate
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noun: command, official instruction
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bawdy
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adj: vulgar, humorously coarse
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insinuating
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verb: introducing an idea subtlely
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incontinent
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adj: uncontrolled; unrestrained
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mars
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verb: damages; marks
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peril
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noun: danger
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anon
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adverb: soon/at once
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fie
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interjection: used to express distaste/disapproval
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linger
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verb: slow/slow in learning
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pernicious
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adj: deadly/ destructive
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gratify
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verb: reward; indulge; satisfy
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trifle
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noun: something of little value or importance
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dismayed
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verb: having lost courage
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malice
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noun: spite; ill-willed
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