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30 Cards in this Set
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Flourish
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To thrive, grow well
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Fugitives
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A person who is elusive or hard to find, wandering
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Grievously
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Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave
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Harbingers
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Things that precede and forecast
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Idolatrous
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Worships of idols, excessive devotion
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Imperious
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Extremely overbearing
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Improvidence
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Not providing for the future, not thrifty
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Impudent
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Disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behavior
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Incipient
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Beginning to come into being, the early stage of something
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Kindle
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To start a fire, to stir up
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Luxuriant
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Abundant in growth, very fertile
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Malevolence
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Ill will or evil intentions
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Malicious
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Motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm
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Mirth
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Gladness or merriment usually accompanied by laugher
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Ominous
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Threatened
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Pacified
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Opposed to war or use of force
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Perpetual
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To prolong the existence of something
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Plaintive
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Mournful and expressing sorrow
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Plumage
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Feathers of a bird
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Poignant
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Piercing, incisive or keen
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Potent
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Powerful, having a strong effect
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Profane
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Showing contempt toward sacred things
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Refuge
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Shelter or place of protection
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Rend
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To tear violently, to split
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Resilient
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Ability to return to a former state
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Resolute
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Characterized by a decided purpose
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Revered
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To honor, to regard with respect
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Sonorous
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Resonate, producing a full and rich sound
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Succulent
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Very juicy
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Superfluous
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Beyond what is needed or required, an overflow
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