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36 Cards in this Set
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expiate
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to make amends or reparation for
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ignominy
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disgrace; dishonor; public contempt
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cogitating
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to think hard; ponder; meditate
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lurid
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gruesome, horrible; revolting
terrible intensity, fierce passion |
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disporting
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to amuse (oneself) in a light, frolicsome manner
to display |
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imbibed
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to take or receive into the mind,
to absorb |
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expostulation
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to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct
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insidious
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intended to entrap or beguile; stealthily treacherous or deceitful
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tempestuous
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tumultuous, turbulent
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emolument
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profit, slarary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services
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cabalistic
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obscure, mysterious, dark
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eldritch
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eeire, weird, spooky
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talisman
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an object supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm
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enmity
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a feeling of hostility; hatred; ill will; antagonism
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besmirches
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to stain; to make dirty
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epoch
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a point of time marked by distinctive events or affairs
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efficacy
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effectiveness; capacity for producing a desired result or effect
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heterodox
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not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions
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tremulous
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trembling from fear, nervousness, or weakness
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voluptuous
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sensuously pleasing or delightful
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manifestation
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a public demonstration
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gesticulation
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an animated or excited gesture
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providence
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a display of divine care or direction; foresight
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similitude
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likeness; resemblance
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phatasmagoric
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a shifting series of illusions or deceptive appearances as in a dream or as a creation of the mind
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exigencies
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urgency, the need, demand, or requirement intrinsic a circumstanse, condition; demands prompt action or remedy; an emergency
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albeit
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even though, although
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plebeian
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a commoner; member of the common people
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preternatural
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out of the ordinary course of nature; abnormal or supernatural
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vehemence
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fury, fervor; full of vigor
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repugnance
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strong distaste; hatred; inconsistency
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defeasible
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capable of being invalidated or terminated
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rankle
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to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious, disobediant
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temporal
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enduring for a time only; temporary
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intrinsic
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belonging to a thing by its very nature, natural; real
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