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20 Cards in this Set
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austere |
Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
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Beneficent |
Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
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Cadaverous |
Pale, resembling a corpse |
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Concoct |
To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate |
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crass |
coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
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Debase |
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
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Desecrate |
To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
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Disconcert |
To confuse; to disturb the composure of |
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Grabdiose |
Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
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Inconsequential |
Trifling, unimportant |
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Infraction |
A breaking of a law or obligation |
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Mitigate |
To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity To lessen |
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Pillage |
To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) The act of looting;booty |
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Prate |
To talk to a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
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Punctilious |
Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette |
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Redoubtable |
Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
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Reprove |
To find fault with, scold, rebuke |
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Restitution |
The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner |
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Stalwart |
Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position |
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Vulnerable |
Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |
