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59 Cards in this Set
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Augment
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[verb] to diminish
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Augury
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[noun] an omen or prophecy
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Avarice
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[noun] greed for wealth
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Beguile
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[verb] to deceive/mislead
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Blasphemous
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[adjective] profane
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Buffeted
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[adjective] struck repeatedly
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Censure
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[verb] to denounce
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Champion
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[verb] defend/support
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Cherubic
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[adjective] innocent and wholesome
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Chide
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[verb] to scold
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Cloister
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[verb] seclude or confine
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Confound
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[verb] to cause confusion
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Corporeal
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[adjective] bodily, substantial
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Deft
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[adjective] skillful
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Desolate
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[adjective] deserted
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Dispatch
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[verb] send away with speed
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Entreaty
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[noun] a plea
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Epicure
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[noun] person understanding lots about food/drink
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Equivocate
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[verb] to mislead
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expeditious
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[adjective] speedy
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Flout
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[verb] to treat with contempt
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Forswear
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[verb] to renounce
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Galling
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[adjective] very irritating
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Harbingers
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[noun] things that forecast
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Homely
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[adjective] plain or ugly
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Husband
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[verb] to manage conservatively
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Industrious
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[adjective] occupied
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Intemperance
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[noun] lack of motivation
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Largess
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[noun] generous giving
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Laud
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[verb] to praise
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Lecher
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[noun] someone who indulges in sexual activity
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Malady
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[noun] disease or poor condition
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Malevolence
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[noun] ill will
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Malicious
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[adjective] motivated by hate
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Mettle
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[noun] courage or spirit
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Mirth
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[noun] happiness usually with laughter
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Palatable
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[adjective] agreeable to the taste
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Pernicious
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[adjective] very destructive
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Plight
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[noun] difficult situation
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Posterity
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[noun] future generations
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Prate
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[verb] talk foolishly at great length
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Profundity
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[noun] profound knowledge
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Purveyors
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[noun] one who provides
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Quell
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[verb] to quiet
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Rancor
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[noun[ bitter ill will
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Rend
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[verb] to tear violently
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Rue
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[verb] to regret
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Scrupulous
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[adjective] very principled
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Searing
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[adjective] causing to wither
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Sentinel
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[noun] keeps guard as a sentry
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Sieve
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[noun] utensil for sifting
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Sovereign
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[adjective] possessing controlling power
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Spurn
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[verb] to reject with hostility
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Surfeited
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[adjective] fed to excess
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Tidings
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[noun] info, news
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Trifling
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[adjective] frivolous, not significant
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Usurp
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[verb] to take without permission or right
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Vanquished
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[adjective] conquered
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Wanton
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[adjective] immoral/lewd
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