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23 Cards in this Set
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sepulchre |
a place of burial, tomb; a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar |
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autumnal |
a period of maturity or incipient decline |
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sumptuary |
relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury; designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds |
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papist |
usually disparaging, Roman Catholic |
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contumely |
harsh language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt |
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halberd |
a weapon especially of the 15th and 16th centuries consisting typically of a battle-ax and pike mounted on a handle about six feet long |
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sagamore |
a subordinate chief of the Algonquian Indians of the North Atlantic coast, Sachem |
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similitude |
Counterpart, double; a visible likeness; an imaginative comparison |
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cabalistic |
one skilled in esoteric doctrine or mysterious art |
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indefeasible |
not capable of being annulled or voided or undone |
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emaciated |
wasted away physically |
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hillock |
a small hill |
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apostolic |
papal; relating to a succession of spiritual authority from the apostles |
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catarrh |
inflammation of a mucus membrane affecting the nose and air passages |
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conceits |
a result of mental activity, thought; individual opinion |
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effluence |
something that flows out |
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flag |
to hang loose without stiffness; to become unsteady, feeble, or spiritless; to decline in interest or attraction |
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scrofula |
tuberculosis of lymph nodes especially in the neck |
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loquacity |
the quality or state of being very talkative |
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trammel |
to catch or hold in or as if in a net; to prevent or impede the free play of; confine, enmesh |
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irrefragable |
impossible to refute, break, or alter |
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galliard |
gay, lively |
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morion |
a high crested helmet with no visor |
