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33 Cards in this Set
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Pernicious
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that will destroy or ruin; causing great harm or damage
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Portentous
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indicating evil to come; ominous and threatening
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Importune
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ask urgently or repeatedly; annoy with pressing demands
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Propagate
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increase in number or intensify; multiply
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Assailing
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attacking repeatedly with violent blows
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Conjure
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compel to appear (as if by magic)
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Consort
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keep company; associate with
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Entreat
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ask earnestly; beg or pray
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Repose
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rest or sleep; the state of being at rest
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Procure
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obtain by care or effort
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Rancor
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extreme hatred
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Appertaining
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relating to; belonging as a part
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Effeminate
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having feminine qualities
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Martial
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given to fighting; warlike
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Agile
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quick witted
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Dismal
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dark and gloomy; dreary
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Advasity
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misfortune; condition of being in unfavorable circumstances
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Sojurn
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to stay briefly
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Abhor
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regard with disgust; detest
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Inundation
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a flood
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Arbitrating
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acting as a mediator in a dispute
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Prostrate
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lying down full length
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Orisons
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prayers
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Environed
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surrounded; enclosed
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Solace
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comfort or relief
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Beguiled
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tricked or mislead, deceived
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Apothecary
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druggist; pharmacist
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Penury
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extreme poverty
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Pestilence
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infectous disease that spreads rapidly
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Inexorable
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unyielding
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Peruse
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read carefully
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Ensign
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flag or banner
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Inauspicious
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unfavorable; unlucky
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