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20 Cards in this Set
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that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, etc.
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amenity
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an opening or gap, hole, orifice
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aperture
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a difference of opinion; discontent, disagreement
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dissidence
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devoted to the pursuit or pleasure; fond of good food, comfort and ease, a person with discriminating tastes
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epicurean
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not thrifty; failing to plan ahead, extravagent, spendthrift
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improvident
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wickedness, sin, a grossly immortal act, evil crime
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iniquity
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sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured or profaned
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inviolable
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open to or capable or change, fickle, changeable, variable
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mutable
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just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence, budding, embryonic
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nascent
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a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage, respect, honor
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obeisance
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formal or elaborate praise; a tribute, testimonial
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panegyric
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a device for publicly punishing offenders, a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule
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pillory
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a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion, trifle
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pittance
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to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict, a warning or indication of the future
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presage
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descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
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progeny
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to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide, announce
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promulgate
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uprightness, righteousness, correctness, probity, integrity
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rectitude
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restless, hard to manage, balky, uneasy, fidgety
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restive
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angelic, heavenly, celestial, cherubic
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seraphic
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to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make of living or maintain life; to persist or continue, survive, sustain
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subsist
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