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78 Cards in this Set
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continual, constant
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Perpetual
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abnormally thin due to disease
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emaciated
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easily affected or influenced
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susceptible
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to prove, demonstrate or show by use of evidence
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evince
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to renounce, swear off abstain from avoid
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abjure
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to mourn, to express sorrow
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lament
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to trick, decieve, or hoodwink
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beguile
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to rebuke, scold
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chide
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to become weak, or be in the state of depression.
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languish
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adsurb, contray to common sense, ridiculous
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preposterous
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the use of ridicule to show sontemp
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derision
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to stay somewhere for a long period of time
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sojourn
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harsh, stern, strict, severe
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austere
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to hide under a false apperence (supperman)
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dissembled
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to mock, make fun of
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flout
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offspring, descendents
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progeny
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to leave behind or pass on to as in a will
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bequeath
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to beg, pled
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entreat
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payment, compensation
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recompense
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to reject something disdainfully or rudelly
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spurn
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to satisfy, fully, glut, fill to excess
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sate
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including al the relevent details
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comprehensive
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bending easily, flexible, supple
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lithe
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boldly rude, disrespectful
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insolent
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to rise above or go beyond the limits, to outdo or surpass
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transcend
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to disobey, break the law or moral code
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transgress
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to postpone, delay, to give in respectfully to someones judgement
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defer
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mean hurtful, spiteful, full of malice
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maliicious
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respectful and reverent, virtuous, religious, devout
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pious
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extreme and intense anger
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wrath
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disaster, great misfortune, bad luck
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calamity
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to make foul of dirty
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defile
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to draw back as in fear or disgust
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recoil
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to irritate, vex, annoy to a high degree
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exasperate
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coquettish, pretending to be innocent or shy
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coy
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bland, uninteresting, lacking details or recognizable
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nondescript
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to pronounce clearly and distinctly
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enunciate
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to soothe, pacify appease
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mollify
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to prize, to examine with aim of estimating value
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appraise
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inappropiate, out of place
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incongruous
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a very deep gap or hole; a chasm
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abyss
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harsh, jarring sound; noise
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cacophony
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purified or concentrated
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distilled
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to pretend, to fake
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feign
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glowing
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luminescent
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a large stately tomb
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mausoleum
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capable of igniting and burning
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combustible
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relating to the sense of smell
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olfactory
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greedy, extremely hungry
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ravenous
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strta layers
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stratum
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related to the sense of touch
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tactile
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exciting, stimulating
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titillating
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relating to beauty and taste
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aesthetic
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twisted, coiled, complicated
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convoluted
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an association of people in the same trade
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guild
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a major city
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metropolis
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the state of being forgotten
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oblivion
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someone who overemphasizes or shows off his or her learing; someone who focused on minutia
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pedant
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a tiny detail
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minutia
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hunted animal
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quarry
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bounce from one or more surfaces
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ricochet
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to spread through or over
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suffuse
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burn without smoke or fire
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smolder
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blessedly happy, blissful
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beatific
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go well together
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complement
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lengthy discussion in speech or writting
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discourse
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spreading harm slowly
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insidious
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knowing without reason
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intuition
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to give energy to; animate
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invigorate
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to show plainly; to reveal
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manifest
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a prophet; a wise man
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oracle
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support; attendance
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petronage
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routine, hasty, without interest
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perfunkaty
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glowing un natural
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phosphorescent
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a plentiful amount
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profussion
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to refute; to offer opposing evidence
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rebut
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a doubting or questioning attitude
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skepticism
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to swar; to be full of things
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teem
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