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20 Cards in this Set
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congenial
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having the same taste
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augured
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predict of foresee
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venerable
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state of being sacred
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evanescent
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brief, fleeting
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rankles
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cause anger
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deportment
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behavior
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beadle
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minor parish official
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pillory
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wooden frame with head and hand holes, verb- to place
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mien
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look or manner, indicating a persons mood or character
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ignominy
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feeling of humiliation
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inquity
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sin or evil
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sagacity
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ability to make good judgement, wisdom
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obstinacy
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stubbornness
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purport
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conveyed or implied
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paramour
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illicit or secret lover
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vivify
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renewed life
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progenitors
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ancestor or forefather
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sumptuary
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to prevent personal expenses, stingy
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emolument
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profit being made, wage
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contumaciously
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stubbornly disobedient, rebellious
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