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25 Cards in this Set
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solemnity |
formal observance of an occassion |
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impropriety |
an improper act |
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ignominy |
deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
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visage |
the face of a person |
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sagacity |
the quality of being sagacious; keen in perception and judgement |
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exhort |
to urge strongly |
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swoon |
to faint, droop, or fade |
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lurid |
gruesome |
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perpetrate |
to carry out (as a crime) |
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quell |
to quiet |
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infamy |
evil reputation brought about by something evil, criminal, etc. |
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mutability |
being capable or prone to change |
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imp |
a small demon child |
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continuity |
uninterrupted connection |
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dearth |
inadequate supply |
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imperious |
marked by arrogant assurance |
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dauntless |
fearless |
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parochial |
of or relating to a church |
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erudition |
extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books |
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etherealize |
to make ethereal or celestial, heavenly, etc. |
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penance |
act of devotion to show sorrow |
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retribution |
the giving of punishment for a wrong deed |
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capricious |
compulsive, unpredictable |
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despondency |
the state of showing extreme depression |
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necromancy |
magic, sorcery |
