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60 Cards in this Set
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pestilence
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an epidemic, a contageous deadly diesase
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profuse
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abundant
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disolution
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disintegration
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dauntless
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fearless, bold
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sagacious
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knowing wise
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accentric
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strange, odd
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accentric
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strange, odd
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august
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impressive
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brazier
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and open pan used to hold burning coals
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countenance
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approval
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disconcert
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upset, disturbance
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sedate
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calm, unemotionable
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tremulous
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trembling
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embellishment
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an ornament
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grotesque
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bizare, fantastic
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piquency
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stimulating, excitment
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phantasm
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something imagined but having physical reality
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arabesque
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fanciful, elaborate
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wanton
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immoral
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cessation
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a termanation
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tangible
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real, capable of being touched
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ingress
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a way in, entrance
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egress
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a way out, exit
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voluptuous
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having tremendous volume
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imperial
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majestic
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profusion
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abundance
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depend
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to hang down
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emanate
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to flow out
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disapprobation
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disapproved
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license
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excessive and undisaplined freedom
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decorum
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approprate social behavior
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propriety
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what is generally considered ok
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habiliments
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clothing and acessories suitable to a particular occasion
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visage
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face
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vesture
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clothing
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convulse
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to agitate, cause to shake
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robust
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strong, healthy
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impetuous
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widly energetic or violent
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prostrate
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fallen, lying flat
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cerements
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burial clothes, shroud
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illimitable
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infinite
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agate
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a type of quartz with clouded or stripped coloring
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surcease
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end
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lattice
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framework used to support decortive windows
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obeisance
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a sign of respect
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beguile
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to deceive
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decorum
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approite social behavior
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craven
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extremely cowardly
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ungainly
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homely, awkward
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ominous
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sinister
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gaunt
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thin and boney
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censer
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to critisize severly, scold
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respite
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a period of relief
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quaff
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to drink enthuiastically
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pallid
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pale
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balmy
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pleasent and mild
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voluminous
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having trmendous volume
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alarum
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to sound a warning
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expostulation
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an ernest objection
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palpitate
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to tremble
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