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89 Cards in this Set
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Curlew |
largewading bird associated with the evening |
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Efface
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erase,wipe outagment |
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Hostler |
personwho tends horses at an inn or stable |
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Sepulcher |
tomb |
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Pensive |
expressingdeep thoughtfulness |
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Venerable |
worthyof respect
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Stanchion |
restrainingdevice fitted around the neck of a cow to confine it to its stall |
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Ominous |
threatening
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Querulous
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complaining |
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Pellicle |
thinfilm of crystals |
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Buskins |
highcut leather shoes or boots |
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Patriarch |
the father and ruler of a family or tribe |
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Conspicuous |
obvious; easy to see or perceive |
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Sublime |
inspiringadmiration |
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Labyrinth |
intricatenetwork of winding passages; maze |
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Excavated |
dugout; made a hole |
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Firmament |
sky |
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Demarcation |
separation |
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Multifarious |
havingmany parts; diverse |
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Multitudinous |
numerous |
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Lateral |
of,from, or at the sides |
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Diapason |
entirerange of a musical instrument |
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Sedges
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grass like plants |
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Importunate |
insistent |
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equivocal |
having more than one possible interpretation |
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appellation |
name or title |
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specious |
seeming to be good or sounds without being so |
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patrimony |
property inherited from one's father |
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phantasmagoric |
fantastic or dreamlike |
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anomalous |
abnormal |
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sentience |
capacity of feeling |
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vagaries |
odd, unexpected actions or notions |
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miasma |
unwholesome atmosphere |
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surcrease |
end |
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obeisance |
gesture of respect |
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craven |
very cowardly |
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countenance |
facial expression |
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ominous |
threatening |
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sexton |
person in charge of the maintenance of a church |
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venerable |
commanding respect |
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crape |
piece of black cloth worn as a sign of mourning |
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omniscient |
all-knowing god |
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iniquity |
sin |
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indecorous |
improper |
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ostentatious |
intended to attract notice; showy |
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sagacious |
shrewd; perceptive |
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vagary |
unpredictable occurence |
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tremulous |
characterized by trembling |
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waggery |
mischievous |
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impertinent |
not showing proper respect |
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obstinacy |
stubbornness |
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bugbear |
something causing needless fear |
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preternatural |
supernatural |
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binnacle |
case enclosing a ship's compass |
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lubber |
slow, clumsy person |
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shroud |
set of ropes from a ship's side to the masthead |
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inscrutable |
not able to be easily understood |
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capstan |
large cylinder, turned by hand, around which cables are wound |
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maledictions |
curses |
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ague |
a chill or fit of shivering |
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fleeces |
sheep |
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pertinaciously |
unyieldingly |
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common |
piece of open public land |
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blithe |
carefree |
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connate |
existing naturally; innate |
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chaos |
disorder of matter and space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe |
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aversion |
object arousing an intense dislike |
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suffrage |
vote or voting |
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divines |
clergy |
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rude |
crude or rough in form or workmanship |
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votive |
dedicated in fulfillment of a vow or pledge |
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radiant |
shining brightly |
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tumultuous |
rough; stormy |
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bastions |
fortifications |
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husbandry |
farming |
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dilapidated |
in disrepair |
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fallow |
left uncultivated or unplanted |
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chanticleer |
rooster |
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auroral |
resembling the dawn |
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sublime |
noble; majestic |
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superfluous |
excessive; not necessary |
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evitable |
avoidable |
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sleepers |
ties supporting railroad tracks |
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magnanimity |
generosity |
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almshouse |
home for people too poor to support themselves |
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garret |
attic |
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expedient |
resource |
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posterity |
all succeeding generations |
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alacrity |
speed |
