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36 Cards in this Set
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Fortitude
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Strength
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Semester
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six-month academic term
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Reprobate
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Criticize
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Advent
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Arrival
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Distract
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Divert
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Collateral
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Serving to support or reinforce
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Seance
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a spiritualists' session or sitting
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Minutiae
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Small, unimportant details
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Exculpate
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Remove the blame
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Gratuity
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tip
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Fate
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What has been preordained
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Coeval
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Contemporary
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Primeval
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Pertaining to the first forms of life
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Fortify
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to make strong
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Multilateral
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many sided
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possess
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to have
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bimester
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two-month period
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forte
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a strong point of someone
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affable
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easy to talk to
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attract
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to draw one thing to another
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contravene
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to be in conflict with
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gratis
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without charge
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superseded
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to replace in power
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entreat
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to ask earnestly
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culprit
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a guilty person
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fame
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widespread reputation
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grateful
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appreciative
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trimester
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three-month period
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improve
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to get better
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retreat
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to go back, return
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midieval
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pertaining to the middle ages
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comfort
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to soothe, bring cheer to
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lateral
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pertaining to the side
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minority
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the smaller part
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besiege
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to crowd around
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convene
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to come together or gather
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