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34 Cards in this Set
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Heterodox
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Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma; unorthodox beliefs
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Infamy
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An evil or criminal act that is publicly known; evil fame or reputation
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Phantasmagoric
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A fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever; characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
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Ignominy
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Great personal dishonor or humiliation
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Contumacious
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Obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate
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Anathema
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A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication
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Cabalistic
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Having a secret or hidden meaning; occult
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Mountebank
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A hawker of quack medicines who attracts customers with stories, jokes, or tricks; deceiver
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Panoply
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a full suit of armor; a complete defense or covering; a complete and magnificent array
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Eldritch
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Strange or unearthly; eerie; suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
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Chirurgical
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Surgical. No longer in technical use
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Askance
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With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust; With a sideways glance; obliquely
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Palliate
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To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
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Somniferous
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Inducing sleep; soporific
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Asperity
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Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability
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Despots
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A person who wields power oppressively; a tyrant; An Eastern Orthodox bishop or patriarch
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Deleterious
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Having a harmful effect; injurious
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Sedulous
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marked by care and persistent effort; diligent in character; ‘obsessive compulsive’ today
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Scrofula
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A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma
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Denizens
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An inhabitant; a resident
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Trammelled
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Something that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint
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Loquacity
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the quality of being wordy and talkative
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Mollified
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To lessen in intensity; temper; soothe
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Impiety
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unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god; undutifulness
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Galliard
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A spirited dance popular in France in the 16th and 17th centuries; lovely, gay, jovial
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Plebian
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general population of commoners; tacky, vulgar
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Irrefragable
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Impossible to refute or controvert; indisputable
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Buckramed
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personality or demeanor is very rigid, stiff, formal and extremeà from book binding called buckram
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Mien
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demeanor, conduct; appearance, bearing; manner
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Animadversion
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very harsh criticism; strong disapproval
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Clarion
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A medieval trumpet with a shrill clear tone
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Escutcheon
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Dishonor to one's reputation; an ornamental or protective plate, as for a keyhole
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Gules
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The color red, indicated on a blazon by vertical lines
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Morions
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A crested metal helmet with a curved peak in front and back, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries
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