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49 Cards in this Set
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Cadaverous
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of or relating to a corpse; pale, thin
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Daunt
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to lessen the courage of; make afraid; discourage
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Despot
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a person power tyrannically
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Egress
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Exit; means of going out
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Felicity
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something that causes happiness
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Flux
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state of continual change or movement
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Gird
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to prepare for an event
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Hovel
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a small, wretched and often dirty house
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Penury
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Severe Poverty
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begrudge
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to envy
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Declaim
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to speak pompously or bombastically
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enervate
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to weaken somebody's physical, mental, or moralvitality
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Enmity
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Deep sealed hostility
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Gregarious
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tending to associate with of one kind; social
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imbue
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to inspire
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nepotism
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favoritism based on kinship
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paradox
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a state that is true but at the same time also has an oppiste story which is true
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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venerable
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respect because of age, wisdom, achievement
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aghast
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feeling great dismay or horror
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Bilk
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to cheat or swindle; thwart
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Countenance
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a person's face especially the expression
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Demise
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death, a ceasing to exist
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Eradicate
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to do away with completely; to destory or wipe out
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Fabricate
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to make up for the purpose of deception
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Ghastly
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horrible; frightful
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Lampoon
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staire used to ridicule or attack someone or something usually but can be anything that ridicules
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Narcissistic
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conceited; having excessive self love or adoration
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Qualm
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a feeling of uneasiness
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Allude
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to make an indirect refernece; to hint
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beget
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to cause; to make happen
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chafe
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to make sour by rubbing; irritate
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desist
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to cease or stop
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Educe
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to bring out or develope
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effrontery
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shameless; boldness
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Fegin
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to show
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glean
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to collect bit by bit
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imbibe
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drink alcohol
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petulant
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bad tempered
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adjunct
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something joined or added to another thing but essentially part of it
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debonair
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carefree; elegant; gracious
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Deplete
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to use up gradually
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Equivocal
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mislead; subject to two or more interpertations and usually used to mislead/confuse
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Farcical
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laughably inept; absurd
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Feisty
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having or showing lively agressivness; energetic
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Impervious
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incapable of being affected, moved or presuaded
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Macabre
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dwelling on the gruesome- horrible; grim
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mitigate
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to cause; to become less harsh or hostile
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Penchant
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a strong liking for something
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