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59 Cards in this Set

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