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47 Cards in this Set
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Ascertain
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To discover with certanity, as through examination or experimentation
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Benefaction
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A charitable gift or deed: good will
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Castigation
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A severe scolding or verbal punishment
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Disheveled
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Marked by disorder, untidy, being in loose disarray and unkempt appearance
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Jocular
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Given to joking and good humor
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Aberration
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a departure from the normal or typical; disorder of abnormal alteration in one's mental state
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Ablution
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A washing or cleansing of the body, expecially as part of a relgious rite
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Mendicant
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Depending on alms for a living; a beggar (ascetic)
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Propriety
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Conformity to prevailing customs and usages
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Venerable
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Worthy of reverence; commanded respect because of age, dignity, character, or position
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Covetousness
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Marked by extreme desire to acquire or possess (root word: covet...duh!)
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Indolence
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Habitual laziness; sloth.
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Lithe
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Readily bent and supple; marked by efortless grace
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Peevish
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Easily irritate or annoyed
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Satiety
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The condition of being full or gratified beyond the point of satisfaction
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Voluptuary
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A person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures
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Hedonist
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Pursuit or devotion to pleasure. Behavior that is motivated by desire/pleasure
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Ascetic
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A person who renounces material comforts and leads an life of austere self-discipline
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Epicurean
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A devotee to sensuous and luxurious living
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Malevolent
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Having an evil or hamrful influence; malicious
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Obliterate
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To do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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Surfeit
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To overindulge
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Imbued
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Inspiried or influenced thoroughly; saturated
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Admonition
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cautionary advice or warning
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Belatedly
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Having been delayed, done or sent too late
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Contemptuously
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Doing something in a manner which is scornful
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Follies
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A lack of good sense, understanding, foresight, or a foolish action
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Plantain
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The fruit of a tree from Southeast Asia, that resembles a banana
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Tenuous
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Long and thin, slender; little substance
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Avaricious
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Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy
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Penitent
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Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins
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Sojourn
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To reside temporarily; to stay for a brief period of time
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Unassailable
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Impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable
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Ardent
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Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; strong enthusiams/devotion
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Copious
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Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply
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Privataions
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Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life
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Corpus
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A large collection of writings of a specific kind or subject
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Infused
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To fill or cuse ot be filled by something; steep or soak; pour
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Imbibe
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To drink; to absorb or take in as if by drinking; to absorb into the mind
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Ingest
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To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption
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Flaccid
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Lacking firmness, resilience, or muscle tone
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Turgid
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Excessively ornate or complex in style/language; swollen or distended from fluid or bloated
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Sublime
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Charcterized by nobility; majestic; supreme
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Accord
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To bring to conform or agree; to bestow upon
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Fruition
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Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment; enjoyment derived from use or possession
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Resounding
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To make a loud sound; to become famous, celebrated, or extolled
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Vocation
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A regular occupation, one which a person is well suited for
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