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15 Cards in this Set
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Temperate |
Showing moderation or self restraint |
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Penance |
Self punishment for doing something wrong |
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Decorum |
Behavior in acting with good etiquette and decency |
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Muslin |
Light weight cotton cloth in a plain weave |
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Febrile |
Having symptoms of a fever or having a great deal of nervous excitement or energy |
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Transom |
Window over a door or other widow, usually hinged for opening |
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Patricide |
Killing of ones father |
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Porcine |
Resembling a pig |
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Conceit |
Excessive pride in one's self |
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Epigraph |
Inscription on a building statue or coin |
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Iniquity |
Immoral or grossly unfair behavior |
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Stygain |
Of or relating to the Styx river |
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Maudlin |
Self pityingly or tearfully sentimental usually through drunkenness |
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Gaffe |
an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. |
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Glib |
fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow. |
