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50 Cards in this Set
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vivify
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to make more lively,intense,or striking
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inscrutable
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enigmatic; difficult to understand
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tinge
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a faint trace of color
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uncongenial
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unpleasant , disagreeable
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fain
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preferably; rather
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sable
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black , dark ; somber
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progenitors
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direct ancestors
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plebian
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lower-class; common
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emolument
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compensation;payment
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commiseration
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sorrow ; pity;p sympathy
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superfluous
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beyond what is required; extra
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contumaciously
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disobediently ; rebelliously
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talisman
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magic object or charm
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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russet
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reddish-brown homespun cloth
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imbued
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saturated ; impermiated
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mutability
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ability to change frequently
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amenable
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responsible ; accountable
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epoch
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a remarkable period of history
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regimen
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a system
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caprice
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impulsive change of mind ; whim
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nurture
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upbringing ; child-rearing
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enmity
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mutual hatred
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smote
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attacked ; damaged ; destroyed
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dearth
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scarcity ; lack
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gesticulation
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gesture ; body movement
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ludicrous
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laughable ; absurd
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pristine
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original ; pure
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analogy
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correspondence or comparison between dissimilar things
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dauntless
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incapable of being intimidated ; bold
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melancholy
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sad ; depredded ; gloomy
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capey
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to frolic or leap about
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leech
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a physician ; a doctor
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panoply
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the complete armor of a warrior or soldier; a magnificent , shining array
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eldritch
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strange or unearthly
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expatiating
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speaking at length
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physic
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the profession of medicine
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catechism
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a short Q and A book used to teach religious principles
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temporal
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limited by time
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solemnity
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seriousness
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pious
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religiously devoted
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requital
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return ; payback
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emaciated
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extremly thin
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mountebank
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a charlatan or trickster
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tremulous
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trembeling ; quivering
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vehemence
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intensity of passion
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unwonted
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unusual ; unaccustomed
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clew
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guiding information
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profane
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blasphemous ; irreverent ; vulgar
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sundering
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severing ; breaking apart
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