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46 Cards in this Set
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ignominy
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public shame or disgrace
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subsequent
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coming after something in time; following
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phantasmagoric
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constantly changing
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sagacity
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good judgment or shrewdness that comes with age
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amenable
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open and responsive to suggestion; easily persaded or changed
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efficacy
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the ability to produce a desired or intended result
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irrepressibly
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not able to be controlled or restrained
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succor
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assistance or support in times of hardship or distress
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alchemy
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the medieval forerunner of modern chemistry
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lurid
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ghastly; horrific
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imbibed
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to take in
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insidious
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awaiting a chance to entrap; harmful but enticing
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contumaciously
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to be done in a stubborn, disobedient manner
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despondency
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feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection or depression
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placidity
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serenity; freedom from disturbance
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anathema
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intensely disliked or loathed
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imp
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small demon or mischievous child
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caprice
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a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
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panoply
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ceremonial attire
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expatiating
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speaking or writing too freely
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vindicate
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to provide justification or defense for
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pilloried
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to expose to public contempt or scorn
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despondent
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hopeless
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importunate
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troublesomely urgent
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benevolent
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marked by or disposed to doing good
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erudition
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bookish knowledge
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commodiousness
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comfortable or conveniently spacious
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inimical
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enemy like
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somniferous
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sleep inducing
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somnambulism
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sleep walking
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expiation
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act of atonement
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torpid
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half full of life
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malevolence
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ill will towards someone
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despotic
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harsh tyrranical
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benign
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gentle or kindly
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acquiescing
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to accept or comply
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usurping
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sieze or hold by force
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bane (boon)
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poison; death; killer (blessing)
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blighted
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to impair the quality or effect of
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sedulous
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diligent
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enigma
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puzzle or mystery
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asperity
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harsh
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scintillating
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emitting sparks; shining brightly
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mollified
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to soothe in temper or disposition
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jocularity
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habitually jolly
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pathos
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an emotion of sympathetic pity
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