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75 Cards in this Set
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utopia
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a perfect society
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sepulchre
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tomb
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inauspicious
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unfavorable
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physiognomies
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facial features showing qualitites of character
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auger
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to signify, fortell
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heterodox
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at odds with accepted doctrine
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venerable
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worthy of respect because of age
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
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ignominy
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disgrace or humiliation
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brazen
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shameless
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iniquity
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wickedness, evil
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demeanor
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outward behavior
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mien
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appearance
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preternaturaly
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inexplicably, supernaturally
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to abate
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to lessen
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ignominious
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dishonorable; marked by disgrace or shame
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sagacity
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keen understanding
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lurid
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harshly vivid
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obstinacy
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stubbornness
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rebuke
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reprimand or reproof
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amenable
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tractable; willing to follow advice or suggestion
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requital
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something given in return for a benefit or service
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expostulation
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discussion, esp. a kindly protest
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to feign
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to pretend
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paramour
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one loved illicitly
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to besmirch
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to sully. soil
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progenitors
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ancestors
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plebian
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common
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penitence
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remorse, sorrow for sins
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to succor
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to relieve, provide aid
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insidious
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attractively harmful; treacherous
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to aver
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to allege, assert, declare positively
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efficacy
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power to produce effect
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dexterity
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skill and ease in using hands
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to imbue
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to permeate, penetrate
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caprice
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whim; impulsive change of mind
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mutability
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impermanence; changeability
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labyrinth
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maze
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ludicrous
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absurd
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pristine
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pure
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tome
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a large, scholarly book
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cabalistic
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pertaining to plots and mystery
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to expatiate
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to speak or write at length
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behest
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order, command
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genial
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cheerful, friendly
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warily
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cautiously
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to essay
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to try
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depracity
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corruption
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lattice
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a framework or structure
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appellation
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name
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to pillory
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to expose to public scorn or ridicule
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contagion
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an influence that spreads rapidly; disease
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to scrutinize
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to examine very closely
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sagacious
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wise
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scrupulous
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principled
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to vilify
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to lower in estimation; revile; defame
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incantation
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magic spell sung or spoken
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sexton
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church caretaker
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to delve
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to dig
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inimical
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reflecting or indicating hostility
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solace
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relief
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propagate
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to reproduce; to promote
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to palliate
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to make less intense or severe
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somniferous
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tending to cause sleep
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odious
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repugnant; offensive
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presentiment
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foreboding; apprehension
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machination
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crafty scheme or plot
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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ethereal
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vapor-like; heavenly
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abomination
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something deserving of scorn
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somnambulism
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sleep-walking
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zenith
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the high point; peak
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defunct
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no longer living or existing
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erudite
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scholarly
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scurrilous
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insulting; indecent
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