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13 Cards in this Set
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Agape |
wide open, especially with surprise or wonder (facial expression) |
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Gibbet |
Execution by hanging |
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Floundering |
struggle mentally or physically |
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Adament |
Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind |
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Sibilance |
hissing |
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Purged |
Rid of someone unwanted |
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Tantalized |
Tease (mostly sexually) |
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Cleave |
Adhere or cling |
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Retaliation |
Revenge |
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Beguile |
Charm or enchant someone in a deceptive way |
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Conciliatory |
Intended or likely to pacify; appeasing |
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Andover |
A near by town where a similar hysteria broke out but here people began questioning the situation and the hysteria quickly subsided |
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Joshua...Rising |
In the Bible, Joshua, leader of the Jews after the death of Moses, asks God to make the sun and the moon stand still during a battle, and his request is granted. |
