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25 Cards in this Set
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TREACHEROUS
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not to be trusted; traitorous, disloyal, deceptive, unreliable, dangerous
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OMINOUS
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being or exhibiting an evil sign for the future; forboding, menacing, threatening
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INTRICATE
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having many complexly interrelating parts or elements
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IMPERISHABLE
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not subject to death, decay, spoilage, or destruction
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FRANTICALLY
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marked by desperate, frenzied, uncontrollable emotion
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INCANTATION
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formula of words chanted or recited in a ritual of magic
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RECOMPENSE
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to make payment in retrun for something given or done, such as services to repay; repayment
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WRETCHED
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living in degradation and misery; deeply dejected or distressed
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WADE
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to step in or through a medium offering more resistance than air
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PROPHECIES
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declarations of things to come; predictions
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HAUGHTY
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having or showing great pride in oneself and scorn for others
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CONSPIRATOR
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a person who takes part in an unlawful or harmful plot
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PARCHMENT
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an animal skin, as of a sheep or a goat, prepared as a surface for writing or painting
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ABSURD
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so clearly untrue or unreasonable as to be laughable or ridiculous
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PRECIPICE
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a cliff; the brink of disaster or defeat
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PORTCULLIS
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a heavy iron grating hung from chains and lowered between grooves to bar the gateway of a castle or fortified town
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FLOUNDERING
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struggling with stubling or plunging movements; struggling clumsily or helplessly in embarrassment or confusion
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IMPENETRABLE
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said of something that cannot be penetrated or passed through
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RECONCILIATION
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a settlement of differences
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PURLOINED
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stolen (esp. something small or petty)
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PROVISION
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something proveded for the future; a preparatory arrangement or measure taken in advance
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ASTONISH
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to fill with sudden wonder or great surprise
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INFURIATE
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to casue to become very angry; to enrage
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ENMITY
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the bitter sttitudes or feelings of an enemy or mutual enemies; hostility
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PROVERB
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a short popular saying that expresses some obivious truth
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