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25 Cards in this Set
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Pestilence
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A contagious disease
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Denote
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To serve as an indication of something
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Inquisitorial
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Hostile in making an inquiry
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Progenitors
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A biologically related ancestor
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Sumptuary
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Designed to regulate extravagant expenditure
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Plebian
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Of the common people
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Commiseration
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To express sorrow or compassion for something
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Ascetic
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A person who dedicated their life to extreme simplicity
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Repugnance
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Strong dislike
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Intimations
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The act of making known indirectly.
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Incredulity
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An inability to believe
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Efficacy
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The power to produce a desired effect.
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Imbued
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To inspire with feelings.
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Caprice
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A sudden impulsive unmotivated action.
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Conjuration
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An incantation.
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Anathemas
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Something that is intensely disliked.
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Deportment
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A manner of personal behavior
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Ludicrous
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laughable through obvious observation
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Intrinsic
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Belonging to the essential nature of a thing.
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Imperious
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Haughty
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Similitude
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Corresponding in quality
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Cabalistic
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Symbols engraved in stone
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Lineage
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Lineal descent from an ancestor
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Eldritch
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Weird
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Lurid
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Gruesome,
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