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11 Cards in this Set
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Accentuation
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Call special attention to
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Inquisitorial
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Curious; prying
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Locution
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Form of expression
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Imperceptible
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Very slight; gradual or indistinct
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Swoon
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Faint
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Descent
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Coming down or going down from a lower place
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Condemned
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Pronounced guilty of a crime or wrong; convicted
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Surcingle
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A belt, band, or girth passing around the body of a horse to bind a saddle or pack fast to the horses back.
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Pendulum
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Weight hung from a fixed point that is free to swing back and forth
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Ravenous
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Very hungry
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Auto-de-fes
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The ceremony accompanying the pronouncement of judgement by the Inquisition and followed by the execution of a sentence
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