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100 Cards in this Set
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bier
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platform on which a coffine is placed
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savory
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pleasing to the taste or smell
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discourse
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conversation
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profane
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irreverent, blasphemous
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prodigious
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enormous, wonderful
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circumspect
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cautious
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bereave
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to deprive
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formidable
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hard to overcome or handle
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entreat
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to beg
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recompense
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payment
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vexation
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feeling or distreess or torment
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taciturn
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unusually silent
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ravenous
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greedily hungry
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contrive
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to scheme
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dram
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a small drink, often alcoholic
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clamor
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an uproar
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to abate
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to make less in amount
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to chide
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to scold or blame
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descent
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a downward slope
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asunder
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into pieces or parts
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frugality
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quality of being economical
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entrails
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intestines or inner organs of humans or animals
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prudent
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cautious
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arbitrary
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based on one's preference or whim
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dissenters
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those who think differently with an established opinion
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reprobates
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depraved or vicious people
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to mete
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to give out measured portions
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stratagems
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tricks, schemes, plans to deceive the enemy
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to repine
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to complain or fret
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vanity
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a thing or act that is worthless
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posterity
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generations to come, the future
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indiscreet
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unwise or lacking caution in speech or action
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impartial
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fair, just, lacking bias
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subsequent
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coming after or following in time, place, or order
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annex
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to add on, attach, or join
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avarice
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greed
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civility
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courtesy
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unremitting
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persistent
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itinerant
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traveling from place to place
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rectitude
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upright or moral conduct
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loquacious
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extremely talkative
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insidious
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treacherous, crafty, sly
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arduous
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difficult to do
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temporal
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worldly, earthly, secular
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supine
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passive
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inviolate
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not violated
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comports
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agrees or harmonizes with
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impious
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lacking reverence to God
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celestial
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heavenly, divine
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remonstrance
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protest, complaints, or objections
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chastise
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punish, especially by beating
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prudent
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cautious
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apprehension
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fear, dread, or foreboding
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apparition
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a ghost or phantom
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censure
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condemn
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complaisance
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politeness or coutesy
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expunge
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erase, remove, blot out, or strike out
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relinquish
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to give up, abandon, surrender
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hypocrisy
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pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel
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martial
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warlike
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dapper
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neat, trim
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adherent
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supporter or follower
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malleable
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yielding to others or readily adaptable
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redress
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compensation and satisfaction, as for a wrong done
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reiterate
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to repeat
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skulked
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moved about in a secretive or sneaky way
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pestilent
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very annoying, troublesome, or harmful
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reciprocate
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to do or feel in return
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rubicund
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reddish, ruddy, or rosy
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impunity
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freedom or exemption from penalty
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abyss
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a bottomless gulf or pit
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blight
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anything that destroys or harms
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illimitable
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endless or without limit or boundary
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patriarchs
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fathers and rulers of families or tribes
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billows
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large waves
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penisve
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thinking deeply
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unfaltering
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unhesitating
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desist
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stop
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ominous
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threating
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querulous
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complaining
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decorum
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proper behavior
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kindred
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similar
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admonish
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to warn
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sublime
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majestic, noble
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firmament
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the sky or heavens
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portent
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an omen, something that foretells an event about to occur
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aspirant
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a person who seeks honors or a high position
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manifold
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many and varied
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robust
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strong, vigorous
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din
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a loud noise
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nook
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a hidden spot
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radiant
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shining brightly
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impertinent
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saucy, impudent, or not showing proper respect or manners
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dearth
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any scarcity or lack
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superfluous
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unnecessary, not needed, surplus, or excessive
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bastions
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strongly fortified places
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aversion
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intense dislike
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transient
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not permanent
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tumultuous
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full of commotion
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impervious
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incapable of being passed through or penetrated, not affected by
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