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20 Cards in this Set
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abhors
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verb: regard with hatred
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beguiled
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verb: to charm or enchant someone
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effeminate
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adjective: (of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a women
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inexorable
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adjective: impossible to stop or prevent
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purgatory
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noun: a place or state of suffering inhabbited by the souls of sinners
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adversity
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noun: difficulties; misfortune
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beseech
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verb: to beg or ask urgently
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enamored
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verb: to be filled a felling of love for
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inundation
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noun: an overwhelming abundance of people of things
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scourge
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noun: a person or thing that causes great troubles
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ambiguity
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noun: uncertainty of a meaning; vage
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discourse
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noun: written or spoken communication; debate
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festering
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verb: (of a wound or sore) become septic
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lamentations
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noun: passionate expression of grief and sorrow
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spite
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verb: deliberately hurt
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amorous
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adjective: showing feeling, or relating to sexual desire
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dissemblers
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verb: conceal ones true meaning
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garish
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adjective: gaudy, obtrusively bright
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penury
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noun: extreme poverty
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stratagems
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noun: plan or scheme
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