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32 Cards in this Set
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Pernicious
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adj.
causing great injury or ruin |
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Augmenting
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v.
increasing; enlarging |
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Grievance
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n.
injustice; complaint |
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Transgression
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n.
wrongdoing; sin |
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Heretics
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n. those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teaching of a church
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Cunning
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n.
cleverness; slyness |
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Procure
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v.
get |
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Vile
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adj.
disgusting or worthless |
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Predominant
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adj
more powerful, more common, or more easily noticed others |
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Sallow
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adj
of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion |
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Waverer
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n.(waver v.)
one who change or is unsteady |
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Lamentable
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adj. (lamentably adv.)
distressing; sad |
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Unwieldy
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adj.
awkward; clumsy |
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Gallant
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adj. (gallantly adv.; gallantry n.)
brave and noble |
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Fray
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n.
noisy fight |
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Martial
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adj. (can only be used before the noun)
relating to war/ fighting |
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Exile
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v.
banish |
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Eloquence
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n. (eloquent adj)
speech that is vivid, forceful, graceful, and persuasive |
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Fickle
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adj
changeable |
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Pensive
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adj. (pensively adv)
thinking deeply or seriously |
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Vial
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n.
small bottle containing medicine or other liquids |
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Enjoin
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v. (enjoined adj)
to legally forbid an activity or (formal definition) ordered |
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Wayward
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adj
headstrong;willful |
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Dismal
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adj (dismally adv)
causing gloom or misery |
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Loathsome
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adj
disgusting |
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Pilgrimage
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n.
long journey, often for religious purpose |
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Remnants
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n.
remaining persons or things |
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Penury
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n.
extreme poverty |
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Haughty
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adj
arrogant |
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Sepulcher
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n.
tomb |
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Ambiguities
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n. (ambiguity n.; ambiguous adj)
statements or events whose meanings are unclear |
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Scourge
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n.
something that causes a lot of harm or suffering such as gun violence. Also a whip or other instrument for inflicting punishment |
