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30 Cards in this Set
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physognomies
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facial features
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scourged
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whip/punish/criticize
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ignominy
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disgrace/dishonor
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pillory
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device usually holding prisoners head/hands
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contumely
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insulting remark
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phantasmagoric
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fantastic, dreamlike imagery
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remonstrace
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argument
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exhort
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urge
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tremulous
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vibrating, quievering, trembling
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infamy
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bad name, extremely bad thing
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sable
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black, dark colored
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talisman
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anything having magical prioperties
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emaciated
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thin especially from disease
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emissary
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ambassador
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presentiments
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feeling that something bad's gonna happen
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impalpable
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hard to understand, hard to be touched
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lurid
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horrifying/shocking
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scurrilous
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wicked
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derisvely
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mockingly scornful
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deleterious
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harmful to health
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malignant
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harmful
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satiating
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satisfy desire
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extenuation
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diminish the seriousness of
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inscrutable
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mysterious
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expiating
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atone
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preternatural
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supernatural
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vicissitide
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unexpected change
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necromancy
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prediction using spirits
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stigma
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sign of social unacceptability
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gules
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red colored
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