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35 Cards in this Set
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Waxing
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Grow fuller in size
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Concubine
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Mistress
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Meager
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Deficient in quantity or fullness, having little flesh.
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Inclinations
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A natural disposition or tendency.
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Reconnoiter
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To make a reconnaisance of, Especially in order to gather military information.
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Abject
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Low in condition or status.
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Abroad
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Beyond the boundaries of a country.
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Zenith
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The point on the celestial spear that is directly above the observer.
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Diligent
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Marked by persevering and painstaking effort.
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Ambrosial
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Something fragrant and delicious, something extremely pleasing to the taste or smell.
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Aromatic
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Hacing a fragrance and a sweet smelling aroma.
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Laden
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Heavily loaded.
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Citadel
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A fortress in a commanding position, a stronghold.
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Obstinate
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Stubborn.
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Sanctuary
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A sacred place such as a church, temple, or mosque.
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Vagrant
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One who has no esttablished residence and wanders rom place to place.
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Inconsolably
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Incapable of being consoled, depondent, extremely sad.
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Carrion
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Rotting, dead, and decaying flesh.
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Fawning
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Groveling, differential, sucking up.
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Mortifying
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To cause to experience shame, to subject to humiliation.
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Aromatic
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Hacing a fragrance and a sweet smelling aroma.
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Laden
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Heavily loaded.
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Citadel
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A fortress in a commanding position, a stronghold.
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Obstinate
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Stubborn.
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Sanctuary
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A sacred place such as a church, temple, or mosque.
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Vagrant
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One who has no esttablished residence and wanders rom place to place.
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Inconsolably
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Incapable of being consoled, depondent, extremely sad.
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Carrion
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Rotting, dead, and decaying flesh.
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Fawning
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Groveling, differential, sucking up.
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behemoth
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n. huge creature; anything very large and powerful
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Indignation
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Anger arouse by something unjust.
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Gorging
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To stuff with food, to devour greedily.
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Persecution
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To treat cruelly or roughly to abuse
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Debase
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to lower in character or quality.
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Tactician
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ONe skilled in deploying forces in combat.
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