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28 Cards in this Set
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meagre
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deficient in quantity, fullness or extent (adj)
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infamy
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evil fame or reputation (n)
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venerable
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entitled to respect because of age or wisdom (adj)
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transgressor
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someone who violates a law (n)
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impropriety
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the quality or condition of being improper (n)
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ignominy
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great personal dishonor or humiliation (n)
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pillory
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wooden framework on a post to which offenders were locked to be exposed to public as punishment (n)
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reminiscences
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a recollected event or experience (n)
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apprehensive
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anxious or fearful of the future (adj)
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amenable
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responsive to advice or authority (adj)
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peremptory
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putting an end to all debate or action (adj)
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efficacy
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effectiveness, power to produce a certain effect (adj)
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lurid
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glaringly vivid and graphic, marked by sensationalism but causing revulsion (adj)
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ascetic
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abstaining from worldly pleasures (adj)
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insidious
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treacherous, harmful in a stealthy manner (adj)
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panoply
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the complete arms and armor of a warrior (n)
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physiognomy
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face or facial features, especially when revealing character (n)
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contumaciously
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disobediently, rebelliously, insubordinate (adv)
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inviolable
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secure from violation, invincible (adj)
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anathemas
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formal ban or curse (n)
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enmity
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deep-seated hatred (n)
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gesticulation
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a deliberate, vigorous motion (n)
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering, urgent, pressing (adj)
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extant
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still in existence, not destroyed (adj)
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tome
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a large book (n)
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exigencies
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pressing or urgent situations (n)
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bedizen
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to dress in a gaudy manner (v)
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mien
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air, manner, or appearance -- as revealing inner state of mind (n)
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