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60 Cards in this Set
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anchorite
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one retired from society for religious reasons
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profligacy
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extravagance: the trait of spending extravagantly;
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure |
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reverie
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The condition of being lost in thought; daydreaming.
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wan
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pale: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
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communion
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sharing thoughts and feelings
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pathos
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a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow);
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vestment
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gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
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fain
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gladly: in a willing manner; disposed(p): having made preparations
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creed
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any system of principles or beliefs
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sojourn
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a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
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travail
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painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
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melancholy
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a feeling of thoughtful sadness
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sonorous
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loud and harmonious.
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doleful
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filled with or evoking sadness
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bestial
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beastly: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
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rapt
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ecstatic: feeling great rapture or delight
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tremulous
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quavering: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
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procure
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get by special effort
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summarily
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without delay; in a summary manner
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render
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cause to become; give; try
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macerate
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waste: cause to grow thin or weak; soften,
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insolence
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crust: the trait of being rude and impertinent;
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impertinent
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fresh: improperly forward or bold; extraneous: not pertinent to the matter under consideration;
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debonair
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sophisticated
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calumny
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defamation: a false accusation of an offense
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aspersion
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a disparaging remark
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irreproachable
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blameless: free of guilt; not subject to blame
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atone
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expiate: make amends for
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tainted
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corrup
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malady
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illness, any unwholesome or desperate condition
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gaunt
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bony: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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temperament
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disposition: your usual mood; excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability ; personality
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saturnine
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bitter or scornful; dark
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swarthy
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dark-skinned
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insolent
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impudent: marked by casual disrespect; audacious: unrestrained by convention or propriety
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haggard
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bony; careworn showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
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distaff
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characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
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vanity
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the quality of being valueless or futile; conceit
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debauchery
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a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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torpid
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inert, dormant
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effigy
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representation or image of a person or an animal
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comeliness
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the quality of being good looking and attractive
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gilded
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rich and superior in quality; deceptively pleasing
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meretricious
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brassy: tastelessly showy
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languid
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dreamy: lacking spirit or liveliness
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lackadaisical
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dreamy: lacking spirit or liveliness
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petulant
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cranky: easily irritated or annoyed
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incorrigible
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impervious (not open/resistent) to correction by punishment
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corrigible
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capable of being corrected or set right
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vice
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frailty: moral weakness
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dissolute
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debauched: characterized by loose moral standards
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prate
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idle or foolish and irrelevant talk ; chatter
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impudent
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marked by casual disrespect;
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staunch
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steadfast: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; stop the flow of liquid
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falter
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be unsure or weak; bumble: speak haltingly; hesitation: the act of pausing uncertainly
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dank
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clammy: unpleasantly cool and humid;
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iniquity
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absence of moral or spiritual values; evil
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repentance
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remorse for your past conduct
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convulsive
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resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
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seething
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constant feeling of being agitated; not calm
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