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20 Cards in this Set
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AUSTERE
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severe or stern in manner;
without adornment or luxury; simple or plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
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BENEFICIENT
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performing acts of kindness or charity
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CADAVEROUS
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pale, gaunt, resembling a courpse
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CONCOCT
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to prepare by combining ingredients, make up; to devise, invent, fabricate
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CRASS
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coarse, unfeeling; stupid
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DEBASE
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to lower character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deterioate
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DESECRATE
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to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate. pollute
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DISCONCERT
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of
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GRANDLOISE
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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur
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INCONSEQUENTIAL
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trifling, unimportant
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INFRACTION
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a breaking of a law or obligation
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MITIGATE
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to make milder or softer, to moderate on force or intensity
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PILLAGE
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to rob of goods by open force, plunder, the act of looting, booty
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PRATE
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to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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PUNTILLIOUS
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very careful and exact. attentice to fine points
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REDOUBTABLE
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inspiring fear or awe; illustratious, eminent
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REPROVE
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke
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RESTITUTION
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the act of restoring someone or somethign to the rightful owner or to a former state or position
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STALWART
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strong and sturdy; brave, resolute
a brave, strong person |
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VULNERABLE
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open to attack; capable of being the wounded or damaged
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