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39 Cards in this Set
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Throng |
a big large crowd |
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Edifice |
large, impressive building |
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Utopia |
state of political or social perfection |
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Sepulchres |
burial vault of rock or stone |
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Inauspicious |
not prosperous |
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Physiognomies |
facial features expressed to show qualities of one's mind or character |
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Augured |
foretold |
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Betokened |
gives evidence of |
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Indubitably |
unquestionable |
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Antinomian |
one who rejects a socially established morality |
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Heterodox |
holding unorthodox opinions |
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Venerable |
made sacred by religious or historical association |
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Scaffold |
platform on which a criminal is executed |
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Infamy |
evil reputation caused by something criminal or brutal |
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Malefactresses |
a person who violates the law or does evil |
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Abashed |
to destroy the self confidence of |
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Sumptuary |
designed to form habits on religious or moral grounds |
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Ignominy |
disgraceful or dishonorable conduct |
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Visage |
appearance |
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Countenances |
looks, expressions |
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Abate |
put an end to |
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Writhing |
to twist in pain |
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Sojourn |
a temporary stay |
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Sagacity |
shrewd |
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Obstinacy |
fixed and unyielding; stubborn |
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Amendable |
unwilling to submit |
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Peremptory |
leaving no opportunity for denial/ refusal |
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Alchemy |
power of transforming something common to something precious |
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Vivify |
to animate/ endure with life |
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Assimilate |
to adjust to the ways of another group |
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Plebeian |
one of the common people |
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Commiseration |
to feel or express sympathy |
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Contumaciously |
rebellious |
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Efficacy |
effective as a means of remedy |
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Imbued |
inspired as with feelings, opinions... |
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Mutability |
subject to change |
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Caprice |
a sudden impulsive change |
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Epoch |
a point in time marked by a new beginning |
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Paternity |
father |
