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25 Cards in this Set
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depravity
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Moral corruption or degradation
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sensibility
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The ability to feel or perceive
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celibacy
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Abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows
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propagate
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To make widely known; publicize
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odious
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Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
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forlorn
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Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition
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efficacious
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Producing or capable of producing a desired effect
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ethereal
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Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
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expiation
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The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty
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scurrilous
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Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language; foul-mouthed
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transfigured
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To exalt or glorify
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bane
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Fatal injury or ruin
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petulant
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Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish
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asperity
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Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability
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misanthropy
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Hatred or mistrust of humankind
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machinations
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A crafty scheme or cunning design for the accomplishment of a sinister end
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effluence
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Something that flows out or forth; an emanation
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choleric
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Easily angered; bad-tempered
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Mollified
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To calm in temper or feeling; soothe
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Vicissitude
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A change or variation
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preternatural
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Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural
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conjectural
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Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful
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nugatory
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Of little or no importance; trifling
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repudiate
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To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust
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gules
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The color red, indicated on a blazon by vertical lines
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