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30 Cards in this Set
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Exude |
to come out gradually in drips, as sweat, through pores or small openings |
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Inferentially |
of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference |
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Ken |
Knowledge, understanding or cognizance; mental perception |
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Malign |
to speak untruths about; speak evil of; slander, defame |
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Malefic |
productive of evil, malign; doing harm, baneful |
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Malevolent |
wishing evil or harm to another or others, showing ill-will |
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Succubi |
a female demon said to have intercourse with sleeping men |
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Incubi |
an imaginary demon/evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have intercouse with women |
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Congerie |
a collection of items or parts in one mass, assemblage, aggregation; heap |
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Diabolism |
action of befitting the devil |
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Arbiter |
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge, umpire |
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Scourge |
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment/torture |
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Wily |
full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning |
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Analogy |
a similarity between like features of two tings, on which a comparison may be based |
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Propitiation |
the act of propitiating, concilation |
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Abrogation |
the act or an instance of abrogation or repealing |
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Fetishes |
an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment of habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical properties |
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Dionysiac |
of or relating to Dionysus or Bacchic |
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Mores |
folkways of central importance accepted without question and embodying the fundamental morals of a group |
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Prudent |
wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober |
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Atomization |
to reduce to atoms |
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Lascivious |
inclined to lustfulness |
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Burlesque |
an artistic composition, especially literary |
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Demonolgy |
the study of demons |
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Yeomanry |
a British volunteer Calvary force |
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Ecclesiasts |
a book of the bible |
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Diametrically |
in direct opposition |
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Laxity |
state of being looseness |
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Trepidation |
tremulous fear |
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Licentious |
sexually unrestrained |
